I knew I would catch flak on that comment. Unless I read the law incorrectly, one cannot purchase a pistol privately without a paperwork transfer of ownership, approval of the sheriff and a purchase permit, which, I assume, would be required for each pistol.
"North Carolina's pistol permitting and concealed carry permit laws qualify as an alternative to the requirements of the Brady Law. Therefore, when a person desires to purchase a handgun from a federally-licensed dealer, the person needs to comply solely with North Carolina's pistol permit laws, and present a valid permit to purchase a handgun or valid North Carolina-issued concealed carry permit. (Please note: Even if a NICS inquiry by a federally-licensed dealer was done in this circumstance, it does not do away with the
necessity for a pistol purchase permit.) As always, any other transfer between private individuals is also governed by North Carolina's pistol permit laws."
It would be unlawful for me to receive as a gift a pistol, if I read the law correctly.
"Under North Carolina law, it is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to sell, give away, transfer, purchase, or receive, at any place in the state, any pistol, unless the purchaser or receiver has first obtained a license or permit to receive such a pistol by the sheriff of the county where the purchaser or receiver resides, or the purchaser or receiver possesses a valid North Carolina-issued concealed carry permit. This requirement to obtain a permit prior to the transfer of a pistol applies not only to a commercial transaction, typically at a sporting goods store, but also between private individuals or companies throughout North Carolina. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-402(a)
"In addition, this State law has been interpreted to require that a pistol permit be obtained by the receiver of a handgun when such person inherits a pistol as a result of the death of another person. The permit should be given to and retained by the seller or donor of the handgun. In such a case, the permit should be given to the executor or receiver of the estate of the deceased person. If the purchaser or receiver uses a North Carolina- issued concealed carry permit for the transfer, the seller should reference such permit on a bill of sale."
If I have to get a purchase permit for a pistol, I essentially have registered the pistol with a governmental entity that can, "in an emergency", confiscate it. Remember New Orleans and Katrina? By default, state gun registration does exist. The county keeps a record of the weapon. The purchase permit is not destroyed. So, now do I have to get a permit to keep all the guns I bought when not a resident of NC and over the past 50 some years?
Sorry, gentlemen, guess I'm just spoiled by Indiana and Virginia gun laws, the Second Amendment----and the fact that I am 63 years old and remember getting mail order guns. I have been around them all my life. Yeah, I am a bit miffed that I probably will have to sell a deactivated SMG that I've had since 1967 because I moved here to be close to my daughter and two grandkids. I left it in VA until I get everything straightened out legally. It's kind of a disappointment that the South is becoming so North Eastern. I can understand a driver's license, but that's a privilege, not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. May have to become a lobbyist.
