North Carolina trying to back up on Gun Law.
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78bagger
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A bit off subject, but the good news is Gov. Ducey says no to private sale background checks in Az. Still gun friendly, and hot.
You guys keep telling yourself it is NOT likely.
BUT watch the news and see the protests.
Also realize, most of my NY relatives all them voting democrats have relocated to North and South Carolina to get away from the snow and little by little their kids & spouses have relocated there.
I have as many relatives of a large extended family who resided in NY since 1763 in the Carolinas now as are here.
Bluntly, they are bringing their liberal ways to your state and will ruin it.
BUT watch the news and see the protests.
Also realize, most of my NY relatives all them voting democrats have relocated to North and South Carolina to get away from the snow and little by little their kids & spouses have relocated there.
I have as many relatives of a large extended family who resided in NY since 1763 in the Carolinas now as are here.
Bluntly, they are bringing their liberal ways to your state and will ruin it.
I find the optimism that most of the apparently absurd proposals will die a quiet death to be dangerous. Only one has to get through. Like terror threats, LE has be get it right 100% of the time, terrorists only once.
Anyone look at the budget, and all of the one-liners in that 2000+ pages? No one reads them, they just get pushed through to get the main point dealt with. We can expect gun regulations to begin to follow that path as well.
Eyes open, guys!
Anyone look at the budget, and all of the one-liners in that 2000+ pages? No one reads them, they just get pushed through to get the main point dealt with. We can expect gun regulations to begin to follow that path as well.
Eyes open, guys!
paulh
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Absolutely! We were planning on moving to the Tryon area until every place we stopped at to eat or shop had nothing but NJ&NY cars in the lot. Figured I might as well just stay.
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I'm not sure why or how this sort of Zombie Thread got resurrected, but it's veering way off course here.
Which budget are you referring to? This thread is about a proposed North Carolina bill, HB 723, facetiously known as the Gun Safety Act. It has nothing to do with any federal bills or budgets, and nothing at all to do with semi-auto weapons, high capacity magazines, school shootings, Las Vegas, or anything else that's happened in the past few months. What it is about is this state's Stand Your Ground law.
To reiterate what's already been said here, the bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee on April 11, 2017. It is still in that same committee after almost a year. From what I hear and read, there are no plans to advance this bill. Pay no attention to what you have heard or may hear from Roy Cooper.
This has absolutely nothing to do with your Second Amendment rights in the state of North Carolina. And the idea that northern transplants are influencing this state's gun laws to the detriment of lifelong residents is simply ludicrous. The people I've worked with who moved down here...and I worked with a lot of them...are so happy to be free from the legislative and financial yokes of states like New Jersey and New York, they couldn't care less about our gun laws. And northerners have sold their homes up north, move down here, and find out they can buy two or three times the house they had in Jersey with that same money.
Plus, it doesn't take northern transplants long to figure out that what they've heard about us Southerners is true. We are a friendly and welcoming people. They've also discovered it's true that we really don't give a damn about how y'all "did it up north."
I will say this, though. If you had seriously considered moving to the Tryon area, you should be aware that that whole Tryon-Saluda-Asheville area...I call it the I-26 Corridor...has morphed into a major destination for tourists to this state. That may account for your seeing a lot of out of state cars, but I seriously doubt that "nothing but NY & NJ cars" thing.
To reiterate (again)...all this has nothing to do with North Carolina's gun laws or your right to keep and bear arms and enjoy all the benefits afforded us by the Second Amendment.
We are not going backwards on 2A issues in North Carolina. No one I know and talk to about this is in a panic about any proposed NC gun law. Period.
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Funny thing about all those roads that lead south to NC, they also go north. I tell folks all the time when they spout about "up north". "See that highway, if you drive north on it long enough, you will be up north"
As far as gun rights unless the feds ban OC we will always have OC. I doubt our firearm laws will change in the state. May not get loosened more, but doubt too much will go downhill.
As far as gun rights unless the feds ban OC we will always have OC. I doubt our firearm laws will change in the state. May not get loosened more, but doubt too much will go downhill.
I would be shocked if this went anywhere, but the snowflakes are invading everywhere so you never know.
BigDog48
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I moved to NC from MD 15 years ago. I spent 55 of my 70 years in MD, and was lucky to live in an area where I had easy access to membership in an Isaak Walton club with a range.
I would not move back to MD for $1M. In NC, in as remote an area as I live on the beach (tourist mecca), I am able to own firearms and shoot and make many new friends who share my enthusiasm for the shooting sports.
I love it here, and will never live in any other state that gives both freedom to responsible firearms owners to pursue their hobby, but also is careful to have enforced laws in place that prevent unlawful ownership.
I would not move back to MD for $1M. In NC, in as remote an area as I live on the beach (tourist mecca), I am able to own firearms and shoot and make many new friends who share my enthusiasm for the shooting sports.
I love it here, and will never live in any other state that gives both freedom to responsible firearms owners to pursue their hobby, but also is careful to have enforced laws in place that prevent unlawful ownership.
About a year ago, my son moved from the Gulf Coast of Alabama to South Carolina. He works in Charlotte, and lives just over the line in Lancaster County.
He tells me about once a week that NC and SC are no long "the south". That there are too many liberals here and he wants to move back to Alabama.
Pretty funny for a kid who grew up in MA and live in NJ for five years before moving to AL.
He and my lovely daughter in law are about as conservative as can be. Y'all need more like him down there.
He tells me about once a week that NC and SC are no long "the south". That there are too many liberals here and he wants to move back to Alabama.
Pretty funny for a kid who grew up in MA and live in NJ for five years before moving to AL.
He and my lovely daughter in law are about as conservative as can be. Y'all need more like him down there.
NJ is about to get worse, if that's possible.
Big N.J. gun control bills set for votes on Monday, and Phil Murphy vows to sign them | NJ.com
I realize this is a zombie thread, but I would have said the same thing as dmar, when he said it, too.
See where that got me...
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paulh
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For what purpose would I lie. I know what we saw. Same thing in Hendersonville and this was the early 90's.
Much ado about nuthin'.
I'm a transplant myself, down here two years, but was looking for a place for the past ten. We would have been here sooner except an elderly relative needed our assistance.
We settled in the north Raleigh area after looking elsewhere in the state. We moved here for many reasons, lower housing cost, better weather, being halfway from NY and FL where we have peeps, and most important the healthcare in the Triangle.
This area may be known for it's liberal bent, but I have to say all my ex northern neighbors( NJ, NY, PA, CT) all own guns, and know how to use them. I also know their party affiliation, it's public record, they're on the right side, imo.
I have some personal friends who moved from NY and NJ, and they're just a smidge less right than I am.
Go visit some of the Carolina specific gun forums and see all the new people introducing themselves, they're all from up north, or CA.
Not every northerner is here to change the south. Yes, it's still the south.
I heard all the talk back before I left. " You can't run"...." the liberals are moving to the Carolinas"..."they're going to ruin it".......yada yada. Heck, there's plenty of liberal southerners as well. Here's an example. It Begins. Democrat Candidate for Sheriff Suggests Killing People to Take Their Guns
I'm here and staying. Try it, you may like it.
My view.
I'm a transplant myself, down here two years, but was looking for a place for the past ten. We would have been here sooner except an elderly relative needed our assistance.
We settled in the north Raleigh area after looking elsewhere in the state. We moved here for many reasons, lower housing cost, better weather, being halfway from NY and FL where we have peeps, and most important the healthcare in the Triangle.
This area may be known for it's liberal bent, but I have to say all my ex northern neighbors( NJ, NY, PA, CT) all own guns, and know how to use them. I also know their party affiliation, it's public record, they're on the right side, imo.
I have some personal friends who moved from NY and NJ, and they're just a smidge less right than I am.
Go visit some of the Carolina specific gun forums and see all the new people introducing themselves, they're all from up north, or CA.
Not every northerner is here to change the south. Yes, it's still the south.
I heard all the talk back before I left. " You can't run"...." the liberals are moving to the Carolinas"..."they're going to ruin it".......yada yada. Heck, there's plenty of liberal southerners as well. Here's an example. It Begins. Democrat Candidate for Sheriff Suggests Killing People to Take Their Guns
I'm here and staying. Try it, you may like it.
My view.
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Until you're awakened by an intruder standing at the foot of your bed at 3:00 am; until you alone have to confront five guys who beat you to the ground, you have no right to tell me what I need to defend myself. I have, and say this:
"Who are the militia? Are they not ourselves? Is it feared, then, that we shall turn our arms each man against his own bosom. Congress have no power to disarm the militia. Their swords, and every other terrible implement of the soldier, are the birthright of an American… The unlimited power of the sword is not in the hands of either the federal or state governments, but, where I trust in God it will ever remain, in the hands of the people."
- Tench Coxe – Delegate to the Annapolis Convention 1786, and the Continental Congress 1788
There are pockets of liberals, mainly in the large cities/metro areas. Chapel Hill has always been that way and unfortunately the surrounding areas are full of the overflow. The rural areas are, in my opinion, becoming more conservative or at least maintaining. Native North Carolineans have always said Charlotte is its own state and we would be better off giving it to South Carolina. Problem is they are too smart to take it.
Asheville and the sourrounding area is known as the San Francisco of the East.
The main issue is that the cities are growing and the rural areas are loosing population. The concentration of liberals strengthens their voting power and they are electing like minded people, exampled by several of the state wide offices in the last election (trying to stay away from politics).
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It must be a 'gesture'....
How in the world is repealing a 'stand your ground' going to cut gun violence or people shooting up public places, or anywhere. If anything, it's just a way to disadvantage a law abiding citizen and give a perpetrator more opportunity to rob or harm him.
How in the world is repealing a 'stand your ground' going to cut gun violence or people shooting up public places, or anywhere. If anything, it's just a way to disadvantage a law abiding citizen and give a perpetrator more opportunity to rob or harm him.
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