by SB 50 – Freedom to Carry NC – has passed the NC Senate and has now passed out of the NC House Judiciary 2 Committee. It is now in the House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee which is the last step before coming to the floor of North Carolina House. It is thought it could be voted on in committee either Tuesday, June 10th, or Wednesday, June 11th.
Update: The bill is on the Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee schedule for tomorrow, June 10th.
Grass Roots North Carolina released the following alert asking for people to contact the Rules Committee to urge its passage.
| TELL HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE REPUBLICANS TO PASS SB50 |
| Senate Bill 50 (“Freedom to Carry NC”) is likely on to get a hearing in the Rules Committee on Tuesday June 10, 2025. That’s the good news. We know that the Dems are planning stiff opposition to this bill and will likely throw all their underhanded tactics to slow it down and defeat it. You can be sure the anti-gun lobby will be present in numbers to try and defeat liberty. We need you to remind the Rules Committee Republicans who “brung ’em to the dance,” and tell them what you expect them to do. We also need you to show up and let them know we’re serious about getting this passed. Location and directions below. Remind them that we were denied permitless carry in 2023… We expect it in 2025. |
IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED |
CONTACT NC House Republican Members on the House Committee on Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House: Contact the Rules Committee Republican Members and tell them to approve SB 50. Meet at the “Printed Bills” room at 8:30 am on June 10th. Location map and directions below. DONATE TO GRNC: We are still low on funds after our highly successful election effort. Please donate by going to: grnc.org/wp/2012/06/donate-to-or-join-grnc/ .  CONTACT INFORMATIONNC HOUSE Rules CommitteeREPUBLICANS A. Reece Pyrtle, Jr., Blair Eddins, Brenden H. Jones – Vice Chair Charles W. Miller, Donna McDowell White, Erin Paré – Vice Chair Jimmy Dixon, John A. Torbett, John R. Bell, IV – Chair Karl E. Gillespie, Kelly E. Hastings, Kyle Hall, Neal Jackson Sarah Stevens, Steve Tyson, Ted Davis, Jr., Tricia Ann Cotham – Vice Chair William D. Brisson Below, find a copy-paste email list you can use to easily contact these representatives. Beneath that, in the Deliver This Message section, find the copy-paste message to use Reece.Pyrtle@ncleg.gov;Blair.Eddins@ncleg.gov;Brenden.Jones@ncleg.gov; Charles.Miller@ncleg.gov;Donna.White@ncleg.gov;Erin.Pare@ncleg.gov; Jimmy.Dixon@ncleg.gov;John.Torbett@ncleg.gov;John.Bell@ncleg.gov; Karl.Gillespie@ncleg.gov;Kelly.Hastings@ncleg.gov;Kyle.Hall@ncleg.gov; Neal.Jackson@ncleg.gov;Sarah.Stevens@ncleg.gov;Steve.Tyson@ncleg.gov; Ted.Davis@ncleg.gov;Tricia.Cotham@ncleg.gov;William.Brisson@ncleg.gov |
| DELIVER THIS MESSAGE |
Suggested Subject: Vote Yes on SB 50 Freedom to Carry Dear Rules Committee Member: I am writing because I understand that SB50 (“Freedom to Carry NC”) has is to be considered in your committee on Tuesday, and I want to voice my full support for this bill and encourage you to vote for it. About three-fifths of our country’s states already have constitutional concealed carry in some form or another, and it is long past due for North Carolina. I am calling on you to make sure our state lives up to its “First in Freedom” moniker, and to not leave us languishing on this matter once again. We were promised Constitutional Carry in 2023. We’re expecting it in 2025. In large part, gun voters are responsible for the majorities Republicans currently enjoy in the General Assembly, and I expect you to live up to the promise of conservative leadership that we voted for, including and especially when it comes to the Second Amendment. Vote to move SB50 forward. I will be monitoring your actions on this important matter through legislative alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina. Respectfully, |
This is just one more necessary step to make North Carolina the 30th state to adopt permitless carry. Given that one of the license plate slogans in North Carolina is “First in Freedom”, it is time to pass this bill.
Gov. Josh Stein (D-NC) has signaled that he intends to veto the bill if passed.
However, the bill’s path to law faces a major roadblock if it successfully passes through the House: Democratic Gov. Josh Stein. On Tuesday, Stein suggested to reporters that he would veto it if it passes the House, which could be his first veto since taking office in January.
“My standard reviewing any piece of legislation is, will this make us safer?” Stein said when asked about Senate Bill 50. “I don’t know what the version of the bill is today. I was going to see what they ultimately do with this bill. If it doesn’t make us safer – and the previous version certainly did not – I cannot support it.”
I don’t think this is a surprise to anyone who has followed firearms politics in North Carolina in recent years. Democrats have been fairly united in opposing any measure aimed at removing any of the restrictions on firearm rights. Whether it was allowing churches with attached private schools to protect their congregations or removing the Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permits, they have voted as a bloc. Indeed, their treatment of any legislator such as Rep. Tricia Cotham who was absent for the vote on these bills was so vindictive that it proved to be counter-productive.
With the Republicans only one vote short of a super-majority in the House and holding a super-majority in the Senate, timing is going to be the key to overriding the veto. All it will take is 2-3 Democrats being absent on the day the override is brought forward for it be successful.
