Sheriff, business owners met with flood of handgun permit requests
May 2—GUILFORD COUNTY — A dramatic increase in the number of requests to buy handguns or get concealed carry permits, combined with delays related to the ongoing pandemic, is creating concerns on the county and state levels.
The prolonged permit process and the surge in firearms sales was enough for gun dealer Jim Greene, owner of High Point's Coins & Stuff, to call it quits.
People in many of the more populous counties in NC are having to wait 6 months to get an appointment with the sheriff's office to just start the concealed carry permit application process - that's one way the sheriffs are getting around the 45 day limit mandated by law to issue a permit after application has been made. Another is not starting that 45 day clock until after the separate mental health records check results come back to the sheriffs. So what according to the law should be a 45 day process turns into an 8 or 9 month process. And the quote in the article by Carlvena Foster shows an astounding ignorance - "Removing oversight of permits from the sheriff's office will pose greater risk for public safety," Foster said. "Allowing persons without any gun training who have never handled a gun or taken a concealed class and no knowledge of gun safety to purchase and carry a gun creates a very dangerous scenario for all of us." The pistol purchase permit system has nothing to do with training - it's just a background check. As a black politician, she should be advocating for dismantling that system since it was put in place to keep freed blacks from getting handguns by giving white sheriffs discretion and control over who could purchase them.
I've carried concealed for years, even had a trooper pull me over once while armed. He didn't know, sherriffe don't know, your "elected represenatives" don't know, and most idiots don't know. But I repeat myself. Just practice, learn to disassemble/reassemble/clean, get quality holster, and practice some more. What I'm trying to say is, when your weapon feels like, say an arm or part of your own body, why would you need a permission slip to wear or use it? Ohio Guy
People in many of the more populous counties in NC are having to wait 6 months to get an appointment with the sheriff's office to just start the concealed carry permit application process - that's one way the sheriffs are getting around the 45 day limit mandated by law to issue a permit after application has been made. Another is not starting that 45 day clock until after the separate mental health records check results come back to the sheriffs. So what according to the law should be a 45 day process turns into an 8 or 9 month process.
ReplyDeleteAnd the quote in the article by Carlvena Foster shows an astounding ignorance - "Removing oversight of permits from the sheriff's office will pose greater risk for public safety," Foster said. "Allowing persons without any gun training who have never handled a gun or taken a concealed class and no knowledge of gun safety to purchase and carry a gun creates a very dangerous scenario for all of us." The pistol purchase permit system has nothing to do with training - it's just a background check. As a black politician, she should be advocating for dismantling that system since it was put in place to keep freed blacks from getting handguns by giving white sheriffs discretion and control over who could purchase them.
Jim knew he would be put on a list.
ReplyDeleteI've carried concealed for years, even had a trooper pull me over once while armed. He didn't know, sherriffe don't know, your "elected represenatives" don't know, and most idiots don't know. But I repeat myself. Just practice, learn to disassemble/reassemble/clean, get quality holster, and practice some more. What I'm trying to say is, when your weapon feels like, say an arm or part of your own body, why would you need a permission slip to wear or use it? Ohio Guy
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