by The reason that the NC House has not yet overridden Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of SB 50 – Freedom to Carry NC – is due to recalcitrant Republicans. Sure, the Democrats are opposed to the bill but a couple who have been sabotaged by the progressive wing of the party in their primaries might be willing to take a walk. Nonetheless, it will take every Republican to vote to override and, as GRNC points out, these are the RINOs who stand in the way.
Grass Roots North Carolina has set tomorrow, May 20th, as Feedback Day. It is the day to call them out by phoning or emailing their offices. Even better, do both.
Let that sink in. While Grass Roots North Carolina has fought for over a year to pass SB 50, the Freedom to Carry NC Act — constitutional carry for law-abiding North Carolinians — five House Republicans have planted their flag on the wrong side of the Second Amendment: ❌ Rep. Jimmy Dixon (District 4 — Duplin/Wayne) ❌ Rep. Ted Davis Jr. (District 20 — New Hanover) [RETIRING] ❌ Rep. Stephen Ross (District 63 — Alamance) ❌ Rep. William Brisson (District 22 — Bladen) [RETIRING] ❌ Rep. Harry Warren (District 76 — Rowan) These are not Democrats. These are elected Republicans who ran on a platform of constitutional rights, who took Republican votes, accepted Republican support, and now — when their constituents need them most — are siding with Governor Stein and Moms Demand Action to deny you the right every other law-abiding adult in 29 other states already enjoys. And Rep. Harry Warren isn’t just any backbencher. He is the House Majority Caucus Joint Liaison — a leadership role in the very Republican caucus he is helping to undermine. He is betraying his constituents and his caucus from the inside. If you vote Republican and own a gun, these five just told you to your face: your rights are optional. |
| IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED! |
| ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ⚡ FEEDBACK DAY — TOMMOROW MORNING CALL AND EMAIL THEIR OFFICES TOMMOROW WED MAY 20! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Be firm. Be professional. Be HEARD. Every call is logged. Every email is counted. These lawmakers need to know that gun voters are not a constituency they can take for granted and ignore. REP. JIMMY DIXON (District 4 — Duplin/Wayne) Phone: (919) 733-5601 Email: jimmy.dixon@ncleg.gov Message: “Rep. Dixon, I am a gun owner and Republican voter in North Carolina. Your opposition to the SB 50 veto override is a betrayal of the party platform and the constitutional rights of your constituents. I am watching your vote, and so are thousands of GRNC members across this state. Vote YES on the override.” REP. TED DAVIS JR. (District 20 — New Hanover) Phone: (919) 715-8361 Email: ted.davis@ncleg.gov Message: “Rep. Davis, you are ending your career by blocking constitutional carry for North Carolinians who trusted you. Do the right thing on your way out the door. Vote YES on SB 50.” REP. STEPHEN ROSS (District 63 — Alamance) Phone: (919) 733-5820 Email: stephen.ross@ncleg.gov Message: “Rep. Ross, District 63 is not a safe seat, and gun voters have long memories. Your opposition to SB 50 will not be forgotten in November. Vote YES on the veto override — or explain to your constituents why you stood with the gun control lobby instead of them.” REP. WILLIAM BRISSON (District 22 — Bladen) Phone: (919) 733-5772 Email: william.brisson@ncleg.gov Message: “Rep. Brisson, you are retiring, which means you have nothing to lose and everything to gain by doing the right thing. Gun owners in Bladen County and across North Carolina are watching your final votes. End your career on the right side of the Constitution. Vote YES on SB 50.” REP. HARRY WARREN (District 76 — Rowan) Phone: (919) 733-5784 Email: harry.warren@ncleg.gov Message: “Rep. Warren, you serve in Republican House leadership as Majority Caucus Joint Liaison. Gun owners in Rowan County and across this state expect their Republican leadership to lead — not to side with the gun control lobby against the party platform. Vote YES on the SB 50 veto override.” ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 💬 WHAT TO SAY — TO ANY OF THEM ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Keep it simple and direct: 1. Identify yourself as a gun owner and a voter in North Carolina. 2. Tell them you support SB 50 and expect a YES vote on the veto override. 3. Make clear that their vote — or their refusal to vote — WILL determine your support in November 2026. You are not asking. You are informing them of the consequences. Gun owners built the Republican majority in this state. A Republican House that cannot deliver constitutional carry — after passing it, after the Senate overrode the veto — does not deserve to keep that majority. 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. CONTACT INFO jimmy.dixon@ncleg.gov; ted.davis@ncleg.gov; stephen.ross@ncleg.gov; william.brisson@ncleg.gov; harry.warren@ncleg.gov |
| DELIVER THIS MESSAGE |
Dear Representative [NAME], I am a gun owner, a law-abiding North Carolina citizen, and one of your constituents. I am writing to demand that you vote YES on the veto override of Senate Bill 50, the Freedom to Carry NC Act. This is not a complicated issue. SB 50 does not create new rights. It removes an unconstitutional government permission slip that law-abiding citizens should never have needed in the first place. Twenty-nine other states have already recognized what the Second Amendment makes plain: the right to bear arms shall not be infringed. North Carolina is long overdue. The North Carolina Senate voted to override Governor Stein’s veto. It is now time for the House to do the same. I want to be direct with you about the political reality: gun owners are the most reliable Republican base voters in this state. We show up in primaries. We show up in generals. We volunteer, we donate, and we bring our neighbors to the polls. But that loyalty is not unconditional, and it is not automatic. If House Republicans allow SB 50 to die — through a no vote, through an absence, or through continued delays — gun owners across North Carolina will remember it in November 2026. Not just the holdouts. The entire caucus will own the outcome. When your base asks why constitutional carry failed after Republicans controlled both chambers and the Senate had already overridden the veto, there will be no answer that satisfies them. A YES vote on SB 50 is not just the right vote for your constituents. It is the right vote for your party. It is the vote that keeps gun owners motivated, engaged, and in your corner when the margins are tight and every Republican voter counts. I am asking you to vote YES on the SB 50 veto override — for your constituents, for the Constitution, and for the future of a Republican majority that cannot afford to take its base for granted. I expect a response, and I expect a YES vote when this override comes to the floor. I will continue to monitor your actions through GRNC legislative alerts. Respectfully, [YOUR NAME] [YOUR ADDRESS] [YOUR CITY, ZIP] [YOUR PHONE — optional] |
