by In what should not be a surprise, anti-gun Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) vetoed H652 – Second Amendment Protection Act.
In his veto message he said:
Governor Cooper shared the following statement on HB 652:
“This bill allows guns on school property, which threatens the safety of students and teachers.”
This is utter bullshit.
Section 1 (a) of the bill explicitly states that guns may not be present during school hours.
The handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside of the nonpublic school’s operating hours. A nonpublic school’s operating hours are any time when curricular or extracurricular activities are taking place on the premises and any time when the premises are being used for school-sponsored activities.
Moreover, it only applies to non-public schools which also are used for church services. These are typically small Christian schools co-located with a church. During the week the Sunday School rooms are used for the school and on Sunday for church services.
An earlier post detailed the other parts of the bill which included reasonable accommodations for renewing your NC Concealed Handgun Permit and to protect EMTs who are backing up police tactical teams.
The bill passed both the House and Senate with bipartisan support. Indeed, if the Democrats who supported the bill initially don’t get cold feet, the veto can be overriden.
If your representative or senator voted for it, then I would be calling them now and asking them to support an override.
The house roll call is here and the senate roll call can be found here. Remember every one of them is up for re-election.
