by Do you want permitless carry in North Carolina? Do you live in the Piedmont or within an hour or two of Raleigh? Do you have some free time on Tuesday morning?
If you can answer yes to any of these questions then Grass Roots North Carolina needs your help. Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico), primary sponsor of H5 – NC Constitutional Carry Act, is having a joint press conference with House Speaker Destin Hall (R-Caldwell & Watauga). GRNC will be there to deliver thousands of your petitions supporting permitless carry.
If the General Assembly passed H5/S50 – and overrides the anticipated veto by Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) – North Carolina will become the 30th state with permitless concealed carry. It would mean another 11 million people would have Constitutional or permitless carry.
Here are the details from GRNC:
| WE NEED YOU FOR TUESDAY’S PRESS CONFERENCE |
| We need YOUR help, this Tuesday, to present the Constitutional Carry Petition … Other than newborn babies, interesting and important things tend to lack a lot of prior notice, and it turns out this Tuesday’s (3/11) pivotal event in our state’s capital is no exception. NC Representative Keith Kidwell, sponsor of HB5 (“NC Constitutional Carry Act”), is getting together with NC’s House Speaker, Destin Hall, this Tuesday for a joint press conference. What exactly makes this presser so important? It turns out that GRNC leaders and supporters (like you) will also be there to present the thousands of ‘Constitutional Carry’ petitions that North Carolinians have signed. We Need You There We’re asking you to set aside some time and meet us in Raleigh this Tuesday morning. The “and supporters (like you)” part is only true, and only effective, if you’re actually there, and the more gun rights supporters the better to make the greatest possible impact, so please bring along everyone you can. The precise time and precise room number is currently unknown, but it will almost surely be before lunch, and in the General Assembly Legislative Building. If there is any chance at all that you can meet us there, it would go a long way in finally bringing constitutional carry to our state. More details are below, with the understanding that updates with precise information will be passed along as soon as they are available. If you can set aside the time, and plan to be at the legislature on Tuesday morning, that’ll do the trick to get things going… |
| IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED! |
ATTEND THIS TUESDAY’S PRESSER IN RALEIGH: Precise time and room number are to be determined, but please plan to be at the General Assembly Legislative Building, Tuesday morning (3/11/2025), by 8:30 AM (or as soon as you can be there). Meet at “Printed Bills,” and there will be a GRNC representative there to fill you in on details as soon as they are available. See below for directions. Please dress for the press, business casual or nicer clothing is requested. PLEASE RSVP: If you can make it, please email us at DirectorOfDevelopment@GRNC.org and let us know how many will attend. The more, the merrier. If we have your contact information, this will also help us keep you apprised of details. PLEASE CONTRIBUTE TO GRNC: Help us fight gun control while we promote Second Amendment principles. Please CLICK HERE to contribute. Bear in mind that GRNC is an all-volunteer organization, so you can be sure your donations are put to the best possible use. Any amount helps, and any amount is appreciated. EVENT DETAILS WHEN: Tuesday, 3/11/2025 at 8:30 AM (or as soon as you can be there) WHERE: NC General Assembly – Legislative Building 16 W. Jones St. Raleigh, NC 27601 Meet in front of the “Printed Bills” office (1300 Courtyard) WHY: To make an impact and help GRNC move the ball on Constitutional Carry in our State Parking Map:  Building Map:  |
UPDATE: The exact time and place has been announced in a GRNC press release sent out at 2:30pm today. Moreover, Speaker Destin Hall will receive the petitions in person for which GRNC President offered his thanks.
On Tuesday, March 11, at 1:50 PM EDT at Speaker Destin Hall’s office, Legislative Building
Rm. 2304, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC. GRNC will present 5,000 petition signatures to NC House
Speaker Destin Hall, who has agreed to receive them in person in what we regard as significant
progress in moving the bill.
I don’t live in NC but a word about language. “Permitless carry” makes the issue about the need for permits to carry concealed or at all. The alternative of “constitutional carry” is a broader concept that encompasses things like gun free zones, outright bans and due process issues like Red Flag laws. I will grant that this bill is technically permitless carry but I view it as one component of the broader concept which I favor. Probably not a risk in NC but a number of states have made permits essentially useless. If permitless carry were to be mandated by the Supremes, they would make that useless too.
The bill concerns permitless concealed carry. Open carry without a permit is already a constitutional right in North Carolina thanks to NC Supreme Court back in 1922 (State v. Kerner).