{"id":31445,"date":"2021-08-18T11:40:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31445"},"modified":"2021-08-18T11:44:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T11:44:49","slug":"hb-398-coming-to-vote-in-nc-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31445","title":{"rendered":"HB 398 Coming To Vote In NC Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3629,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\\\/ct\\\/58637825:syJUg_dNq:m:1:345463350:C065B24289017E59157BFEB8364C4813:r&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:3630,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/paracom.paramountcommunication.com\\\/ct\\\/58637826:syJUg_dNq:m:1:345463350:C065B24289017E59157BFEB8364C4813:r&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>HB 398, the repeal of North Carolina&#8217;s pistol purchase permit, will be coming up for a vote in the NC Senate <s>soon<\/s> today. That may even be today as it has passed both the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee. The NC House has already approved the repeal with a bipartisan majority. Undoubtedly, Gov. Roy Cooper (D-NC) will veto it and it will come up for an override. Pressure needs to be put on both Republicans and Democrats in the NC Senate to pass the bill and then to vote for the override. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grass Roots North Carolina has been leading the fight on this for years. They sent out the following alert last night. I have sent my letters and I&#8217;d encourage you to do so as well. On the letter to Democrats, I added that we take down Confederate monuments as &#8220;racist&#8221; &#8211; shouldn&#8217;t we repeal a law that is actually still discriminating against blacks?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK5\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Action Vital to Repeal Purchase Permits<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><strong>HB 398 to repeal our Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permit law passed the Senate Rules Committee today and heads to the floor for a vote as early as tomorrow. <u>Please contact all members of the NC Senate immediately!<\/u><\/strong><br>In today\u2019s committee hearing, articulate defense of the bill was provided by sponsor Rep. Jay Adams (R-Catawba), Sen. Chuck Edwards (R- Buncombe, Henderson, Transylvania) and Sen. Ralph Hise (R- Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Yancey). The usual leftist whining was made by Sen. Jay Chaudhuri (D-Wake). Thanks are also due Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger and Rules Chair Sen. Bill Rabon for moving HB 398 in a timely fashion.<br><strong>GRNC president Paul Valone testified to the committee, noting both the racist origins of the law. <\/strong><em><strong>(<u>which is being racially applied even today)<\/u><\/strong><\/em>, and the fact that GRNC has so far had to sue two sheriffs to get permits issued in the 14 days required by statute even as broad scale civil unrest causes thousands of new gun owners to unsuccessfully seek permits. After his testimony, Chaudhuri commented that it was acceptable that gun owners should have to sue sheriffs merely to exercise their rights.&nbsp;<br>As usual, Marcus and representatives of North Carolinians \u201cAgainst Gun Violence\u201d (<em><strong>formerly<\/strong> <strong>North Carolinians for Gun Control<\/strong><\/em>) promulgated mistruths about guns being purchased without background checks at gun shows and online sales, blithely ignoring the reality that <strong>the same laws apply in those venues as anywhere else.&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Amusingly enough, Marcus admitted the Jim Crow discriminatory origins of a law which is being used even now to disproportionately deny guns to minorities, meaning that in the interest of banning guns, <strong>Democrats are now defending racism.<\/strong><br>Perhaps most ironic was Marcus\u2019 claim that she is <strong>\u201cnot anti-gun\u201d but merely \u201canti-violence,\u201d<\/strong> which not only belied the fact that she and others like her always support restrictions on gun ownership, <strong>but also attempted to falsely cast gun rights supporters as <u>\u201cpro-violence.\u201d<\/u><\/strong><br><a href=\"mailbox:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jpr99\/AppData\/Roaming\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/n20zcmr0.default\/Mail\/Local%20Folders\/Inbox?number=765189450#AlertWriters\"><em>Alert Writers needed. 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Amazon Gives.<\/strong><\/a> (<a href=\"mailbox:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jpr99\/AppData\/Roaming\/Thunderbird\/Profiles\/n20zcmr0.default\/Mail\/Local%20Folders\/Inbox?number=765189450#AmSmile\">What is Amazon Smile?<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure id=\"content_LETTER.BLOCK7\" class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><a><\/a><\/strong><strong>IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!<\/strong> <strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>HB 398<\/strong>&nbsp;Will have a probable floor vote tomorrow. Accordingly, we need you to <strong>contact all members of the NC Senate<\/strong> to tell them to support the bill. Please note that <strong>we are using different messages for Republicans vs. Democrats.<br><br><\/strong> <strong>Senate Republicans:<\/strong> &nbsp;Ted.Alexander@ncleg.gov; Deanna.Ballard@ncleg.gov; Lisa.Barnes@ncleg.gov; Phil.Berger@ncleg.gov; Danny.Britt@ncleg.gov; Jim.Burgin@ncleg.gov;Kevin.Corbin@ncleg.gov; David.Craven@ncleg.gov; Warren.Daniel@ncleg.gov; Chuck.Edwards@ncleg.gov; Carl.Ford@ncleg.gov; Amy.Galey@ncleg.gov; Kathy.Harrington@ncleg.gov; Ralph.Hise@ncleg.gov; Brent.Jackson@ncleg.gov; Steve.Jarvis@ncleg.gov; Todd.Johnson@ncleg.gov; Joyce.Krawiec@ncleg.gov; Michael.Lazzara@ncleg.gov; Michael.Lee@ncleg.gov; Tom.McInnis@ncleg.gov; Paul.Newton@ncleg.gov; Jim.Perry@ncleg.gov; Dean.Proctor@ncleg.gov;Bill.Rabon@ncleg.gov; Norman.Sanderson@ncleg.gov; Vickie.Sawyer@ncleg.gov; Bob.Steinburg@ncleg.gov<br><strong>Senate Democrats:<\/strong><br>Sydney.Batch@ncleg.gov; Ernestine.Bazemore@ncleg.gov; Dan.Blue@ncleg.gov; Jay.Chaudhuri@ncleg.gov; Ben.Clark@ncleg.gov; Sarah.Crawford@ncleg.gov;Don.Davis@ncleg.gov; Kirk.deViere@ncleg.gov; Toby.Fitch@ncleg.gov; Valerie.Foushee@ncleg.gov; Michael.Garrett@ncleg.gov; Jeff.Jackson@ncleg.gov; Paul.Lowe@ncleg.gov; Natasha.Marcus@ncleg.gov; Julie.Mayfield@ncleg.gov; Mujtaba.Mohammed@ncleg.gov; Natalie.Murdock@ncleg.gov; Wiley.Nickel@ncleg.gov;Gladys.Robinson@ncleg.gov; DeAndrea.Salvador@ncleg.gov; Joyce.Waddell@ncleg.gov; Mike.Woodard@ncleg.gov &nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>DELIVER THIS MESSAGE<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><br><strong>Message for Senate Republicans:<\/strong> Suggested subject: \u201cSupport HB 398: Repeal archaic permit law\u201d &nbsp; Dear Senator:<br>Please accept my thanks to Republicans for moving HB 398, \u201cRepeal Purchase Permit Law,\u201d.&nbsp;<br>If the law is repealed, background checks for gun purchases will be done at the time of sale, rather than up to five years earlier, as under current law. In fact, the Charlotte Observer documented cases of people getting purchase permits, committing crimes, but still having permits available for use (and to bypass the National Instant Background Check System) even after becoming ineligible to purchase firearms.<br>This year, the North Carolina Sheriffs Association reversed its position and now supports repealing the law. With both gun rights supporters and law enforcement organizations now supporting repeal, only gun control advocates want to keep the system despite the fact that it gives criminal access to firearms.<br>I will be monitoring all actions on HB 398 through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.<br>Respectfully, <strong>Message for Senate Democrats:<\/strong> Suggested subject: \u201cSupport HB 398: Repeal racist permit law\u201d<br>Dear Senator:<br>In the interest of bringing background checks into the 21st Century, I strongly urge you to support HB 398, \u201cPistol Purchase Permit Repeal.\u201d The North Carolina Sheriffs\u2019 Association now supports repeal of our Jim Crow-era pistol purchase permit law as \u201cduplicative.\u201d Meanwhile, as depicted in a recent NC Law Review paper, black applicants are being denied permits at a rate three times that of whites, revealing that racism in permit issuance continues to this day.<br>Moreover, sheriffs in Wake, Mecklenburg and Guilford counties are using the law to obstruct lawful citizens from obtaining handguns for self-defense, even as rising civil unrest around the country makes it more vital than ever that citizens have the means to defend their families.<br>Worse, an investigation by the Charlotte Observer found that pistol purchase permits, which are untraceable and valid for five years, continue to be held \u2013 and potentially used to bypass background checks \u2013 by people who subsequently become ineligible to own guns.<br>I strongly encourage you to support repeal of the archaic permit law, after which background checks for gun purchases will be done at the point of sale, not up to five years prior. I will continue to monitor this issue through Grass Roots North Carolina legislative alerts.<br>Respectfully,<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HB 398, the repeal of North Carolina&#8217;s pistol purchase permit, will be coming up for a vote in the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5618,4316,104,150],"class_list":["post-31445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-hb-398","tag-nc-senate","tag-north-carolina","tag-pistol-purchase-permits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31447,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31445\/revisions\/31447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}