Early voting is open in North Carolina, and it runs through 3 p.m. on October 31. Election Day is November 3.
Early voting is open in North Carolina, and it runs through 3 p.m. on October 31. Election Day is November 3.
Permitless carry, SB 50, has been waiting on the North Carolina House since July 2025, and I want politicians in Raleigh to hear from you before they come back.
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.
On Thursday, Oct. 15, a 16-year-old shot his way through a locked door at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon. A man on site, reportedly a father of a child at the school, saw him go in and stopped him.
ATF made the biggest gun news of the week on Friday, Oct. 9, and it comes with a North Carolina catch. And on Wednesday, the politicians showed us what this General Assembly can do in a single day when leadership wants something done.
North Carolina finally scrapped its pistol purchase permit in 2023. Cory Booker’s S. 3544 would bring the permit idea back, only bigger, federal and for every firearm.
Legislators came back to Raleigh on September 28th, and Freedom to Carry NC still didn’t get a House override vote. The Senate overrode the veto back on July 29th, 2025.
Stein vetoed SB 50. The Senate overrode him. The House has been hiding the override. Email your State Representative to put permitless carry on the floor and call the vote.
S. 3544 would require fingerprints, tests, and a federal license per gun. Tell Tillis, Budd, and your U.S. Representative to vote hell no.
Raleigh returns Monday with SB 50 Freedom to Carry eligible for a veto override vote, while DOJ and Elite Precision federal fights remain unfinished.