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Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House2025-04-03

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Plain Language Summary

This bill enacts comprehensive firearms regulations in North Carolina, including requiring permits and 72-hour waiting periods for purchasing assault weapons and long guns, prohibiting sales to minors, banning bump stocks and ghost guns, mandating safe storage and firearm liability insurance, limiting magazine capacity, allowing extreme risk protection orders to temporarily restrict firearm access, and repealing stand-your-ground laws.

Arguments in Favor

• •Supporters argue these measures reduce gun violence and deaths by creating safety standards, preventing dangerous individuals from accessing firearms, requiring responsible storage to prevent accidents, and allowing courts to temporarily remove guns from people posing imminent danger to themselves or others.
• •They contend these regulations are consistent with public safety in other states and protect vulnerable populations including children.

Arguments Against

• •Opponents argue the bill infringes on Second Amendment rights, creates burdensome permitting processes and insurance costs that place obstacles on lawful gun ownership, and that some measures like the handgun roster and ghost gun prohibition may be unconstitutional.
• •They contend these regulations disproportionately affect responsible citizens rather than criminals, and that provisions like extreme risk orders could be misused against law-abiding gun owners.