The House still hasn’t taken the override vote on permitless carry, SB 50, and early voting is open through October 31. Plus North Carolina’s NFA catch and the latest from federal court.
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There wasn’t any action at the General Assembly this week, but early voting opened Thursday, and permitless carry, SB 50, is still waiting on the House.
Permitless carry: still no House override vote
The Senate voted 30 to 19 to override the veto of SB 50 on July 29, 2025. The House has never taken the override vote, so permitless carry still isn't law. If the House doesn’t hold that vote before this session ends, the bill dies and the fight starts over.
Early voting is open
Early voting started Thursday, October 15, and runs through Saturday, October 31 at 3 p.m. You can register and vote the same day during early voting. Election Day is Tuesday, November 3. VOTE PRO-GUN.
North Carolina’s NFA catch
ATF stopped requiring NFA approval and registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles and shotguns on October 9, but North Carolina law didn’t change. State law treats those items as a “weapon of mass death and destruction,” a Class F felony, and the exemption covers possession “in compliance with” the NFA. So don’t assume you’re covered. Check with a lawyer before you act on the federal change.
More from the federal side
On Monday, DOJ answered the plaintiff states in the Texas NFA case. It told the court that ATF’s October 9 guidance already gives the states what they asked the judge to clarify, and that ATF “will no longer enforce the challenged NFA provisions against anyone.” But DOJ also argued that the court’s injunction itself protects only the parties, meaning the states and their agencies, members and customers, not every resident of the 15 plaintiff states. So the federal relief rests on ATF’s enforcement policy, not a court order covering everyone, and a future administration could reverse it.
On Tuesday the Supreme Court turned away more challenges to the federal felon-in-possession ban and took no new Second Amendment cases. Turning a case down doesn’t set precedent either way. And national concealed carry reciprocity, H.R. 38, has been sitting on the House calendar since October 3, 2025 without a floor vote.
| Dates to watch Saturday, October 31, 3 p.m.: early voting ends. Tuesday, November 3: Election Day. Wednesday, December 2: Supreme Court argument in the AR-15 ban case. |
The North Carolina Firearms Coalition will be watching for the SB 50 override vote, and you’ll hear from us the day the House schedules it.
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Chris Dorr
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