North Carolina Latest State To Lift Gun Bans At Kids' Games

I presume you’ll make up your mind by the end of this sentence whether North Carolina becoming the latest state to allow concealed-carry permit holders to bring their guns to playgrounds, recreation areas and schools is a good idea. In the case of schools, the guns must be stay in a locked vehicle, and I’m sure you’ve already determined whether, and why, that’s an outrage.

From the Charlotte Observer:

Rep. Jacqueline Schaffer, R-Mecklenburg, helped craft the final version of the bill. She said a new law would simply add to the places where permit holders can legally leave guns locked in cars. Schaffer said the bill will increase safety by helping people carry guns for their protection while going to campus and dropping kids off at school.

I presume even before reading that excerpt, you’ve determined if you are the sort of person who feels better having a gun on hand in case anything happens, or if you wonder how frightened you have to be if you can’t leave the house without thinking robbers and murderers are going to come upon you like medieval highwaymen.

I’m guessing that by now you’ve already decided whether it’s citizen protection or government overreach that North Carolina’s new gun bill, which was passed July 24 and could be signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory as early as July 25, prevents local governments from issuing their own gun bans, something that was allowed in a previous iteration signed into law in 2011. You’re either upset or heartened that the North Carolina bill allows private property owners to institute their own bans, which means a field or facility owned by a private youth league could turn someone away for bringing a gun. You’ve already figured out whether it’s civil disobedience or constitutional disrespect when, in other states, localities pass gun bans at parks and recreational facilities anyway, despite state law saying they can’t.


http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcook/2013/07/25/north-carolina-latest-state-to-lift-gun-bans-at-kids-games/