{"id":5084,"date":"2010-11-03T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2010\/11\/03\/what-gop-takeover-of-nc-genera\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:12:18","slug":"what-gop-takeover-of-nc-genera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=5084","title":{"rendered":"What the GOP Takeover of the NC General Assembly Could Mean for Gun Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:18774,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.newsobserver.com\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/03\\\/777711\\\/gop-takes-the-general-assembly.html&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;:18775,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.lib.unc.edu\\\/ncc\\\/1898\\\/history.html&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;:18776,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ncguns.blogspot.com\\\/2010\\\/11\\\/where-real-action-is-nc-general.html&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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/2010\/11\/03\/777711\/gop-takes-the-general-assembly.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Republicans will now control both houses<\/a> of the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since 1898. That&#8217;s correct &#8211; 112 years. 1898 was the year that the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.unc.edu\/ncc\/1898\/history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> fusion of Populists and Republicans<\/a> lost control of the General Assembly which they had held for the preceding&nbsp;four years.&nbsp;The tactic that the Democrats used to overcome the Republicans was an appeal to white supremacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>The &#8220;white supremacy campaign&#8221; was exactly that. The Democrats repeatedly stated that only white men were fit to hold political office. They often accused the fusionists, especially the Republicans, of supporting &#8220;negro domination&#8221; in the state. Indeed, there were a large number of African American officeholders, some of whom had been elected and many more who were appointed to office. The Democrats referred to themselves as the &#8220;white man&#8217;s party&#8221; and appealed to white North Carolinians to restore them to power.<\/i> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As a result of this shameful legacy, the Democrats have maintained control of at least one&nbsp;house of the General Assembly ever since. That is, until last night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ncguns.blogspot.com\/2010\/11\/where-real-action-is-nc-general.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sean at An NC Gun Blog<\/a> has developed a list of laws that need to go. While most of these laws are firearm or weapon specific, some are not. He brings an outsider&#8217;s keen eye to some of the more egregious laws on the books. For example, in North Carolina to purchase a cross-bow you need a a purchase permit from the local sheriff. This is the same permit that NC requires for the purchase of a handgun. Sean&#8217;s list should be required reading in the Republican caucus of both houses of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>At the top of my list would be a modification of the gun ban during states of emergency, the castle doctrine, and guns in state parks. I would also add that the Wildlife Resources Commission needs to change its regulation which prevents the carrying of anything other than a .22 pistol as a sidearm on state-recognized gamelands outside of hunting season even if one has a Concealed Handgun Permit. Since all the National Forests in North Carolina are also gamelands, I am forbidden to carry a centerfire&nbsp;handgun, permit or no permit, outside of hunting season. Congress recognized that crime happens in National Parks. The General Assembly&nbsp;and the WRC needs to recognize that it can happen in National Forests as well.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republicans will now control both houses of the North Carolina General Assembly for the first time since 1898.&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":[2228,149],"class_list":["post-5084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-gun-laws","tag-north-carolina-general-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084","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=5084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5907,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5084\/revisions\/5907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}