Show NC legislators you are serious about NC Concealed Carry !

 

In coming days, Representative Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, GRNC ****) will introduce another bill for permitless concealed carry. Like House Bill 189, introduced in the last session of the General Assembly, the bill will leave intact the concealed handgun permit system for purposes of reciprocity with other states and bypassing the National Instant Background Check System for gun purchases. Unlike that bill, it will not contain weakening provisions demanded by then-Speaker Tim Moore R-14, ***).   WE NEED YOUR HELP Nope, not money. Please help show we are serious about constitutional carry by joining GRNC volunteers at the legislature on Wednesday, January 29 at 0830 EST at the NC General Assembly on 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601. [Note: Visitor Lot #1 is closest.] We will be doing a literature drop to start prepping the legislature for passage of several pieces of pro-gun legislation. See accompanying maps for parking information and building layout.   EVENT DETAILS: When: Wednesday, January 29, at 8:30 AM Where: NC General Assembly, 16 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC 27601, in front of Printed Bills office (1300 courtyard) Why: To show NC legislators you are serious about defending your rights

IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED!

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. THREE ACTION ITEMS YOU MUST COMPLETE Attend the literature drop:  NC General Assembly, Jan. 29, 8:30 AM, details above  Sign the constitutional carry petition: This is a new petition to be presented to NC House Speaker Destin Hall, meaning you need to sign even if you did last year. Better yet, send the link to friends and relatives. Find that petition at: grncalert.com/pass-constitutional-carry-2025-2026/ Help GRNC make it happen: I realize you may already have donated, for which you have our profound thanks. But GRNC is still dangerously low on funds after the election. Please contribute at: grnc.org/wp/2012/06/donate-to-or-join-grnc/ UPDATE STOP ALAMANCE SCHEME TO END SHOOTING RANGES!  The Alamance County Commissioners are scheming to end shooting ranges in the county. This is not only anti-business, but inhibits you, the responsible firearms owner, from exercising your ability to practice and prepare safely to protect yourselves and your family members. Tell the County Commissioners that this is anti-American! Meeting Rescheduled to TONIGHT 1/27/2025 at 6:30 PM   IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUIRED! EMAIL THE COMMISSIONERS: Tell them you opposed this ordinance! Using the copy and paste list below to individually e-mail each commissioner: john.paisley@alamancecountync.gov; steve.carter@alamancecountync.gov; pamela.thompson@alamancecountync.gov; ed.priola@alamancecountync.gov; kelly.allen@alamancecountync.gov E-mail all the commissioners at once here using one email:  commissioners@alamancecountync.gov CALL THE COMISSIONERS: Tell them you oppose the ordinance using the phone list below: Chair John P. Paisley 336-212-7022 Vice Chair Steve Carter 336-214-7606 Commissioner Pamela T. Thompson 336-675-3479  Commissioner Kelly Allen 336-260-5664 Commissioner Ed Priola  336-260-5242 ATTEND THE MEETING: January 27, 2025 6:30 PM Commissioners’ Meeting Room (located on the 2nd floor of the Alamance County Office Building) 124 West Elm Street Graham, NC 27253 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.    DELIVER THIS MESSAGE Suggested Subject:"STOP ALAMANCE SCHEME TO END SHOOTING RANGES"     Dear: Commissioner   This ordinance is not only anti-business, but inhibits me, a responsible firearms owner, from exercising my ability to practice and safely prepare to protect myself and my family members. It ultimately will drive ranges out of the county, your apparent goal, and makes it more expensive for me to responsibly prepare. The Alamance ordinance is illegal in that it down-zones every commercial shooting range. 1. It decreases permitted uses of the land, in contravention to § (D)(2), by requiring the range to be 300 feet from any occupied building, by requiring a setback of 100 from point of fire to the property boundary, by requiring fencing, by requiring signage, and by restricting use without a range officer. Prior to this ordinance, use of land without all of these was permitted. 2. It simultaneously creates nonconforming use of a commercial range not in a residential zoning, in contravention to § (d)(3), for all the same reasons above, and by requiring $1M insurance and annual registration. Now, a range can operate with whatever liability insurance they choose -- let's say it's less than $1M. After this ordinance passes, operating with that level of insurance will not conform to the ordinance, creating a nonconforming use. The statute forbids that. This is unnecessary government overreach through which your clear intent is to abolish firearm ranges within the county.  I insist that you cease from this behavior and withdraw the ordinance from the rulemaking of the county! I'll be monitoring your actions on this matter through alerts from Grass Roots North Carolina.   Respectfully,