Bunny

Handgun Purchase Permit Requirements

Applicant must:

* be a citizen, a naturalized citizen or a resident alien;
* be twenty-one (21) years of age;
* have attained at least one month's residency in Mecklenburg County;
* provide a valid driver's license or other picture ID with current address provided by the state of North Carolina.

A criminal background check must be performed before granting of permit.

Permit to purchase a handgun costs five dollars ($5.00).

Permit to purchase a handgun is valid for a period of five (5) years from date of issue.

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Sig Sauer P239 DAK (9mm)
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MadMac

Live in busy Wake County and don't OC - too much potential for weirdness. Prefer to keep it concealed.

Landric

In NC one either has to have a handgun purchase permit or a concealed handgun license to purchase (or otherwise come into ownership of) a handgun. The sheriff of one's county of residence issues the purchase permit. Different sheriff's have different hoops one has to jump through to get the purchase permit. The carry permit has uniform requirements statewide. In some counties its easier to get a CHL than a purchase permit.

Yes, its stupid. Its a Jim Crow era law that the gun banners like to pretend is not based in racism.

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rhrocket22

Been in NC. for 3 years now and have only seen 1 OC. (Salisbury Area)!!!!
Would think most people CC these days........IMO.

sspargo

...Nevermind

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sddykstr

I actually caught a couple of business type guys walking downtown in front of Capital Grille OC'ing last night. I was kind of shocked really.

I get my purchase permit next week and I can pick up my gun.

I just can't see myself OC'ing in Charlotte as I imagine it would take all of 20 minutes for someone to call the cops about me.

Bunny

Well, looks like I do now. For the meantime.

I have a dog training client at an outdoor shopping area in Huntersville this afternoon, and then a meeting up in Troutman, so I will be OCing to both. So far, so good. Though I may soil myself if someone calls the cops on me. (It's a scary thought, and I'm a little intimidated by law enforcement.)

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Don't frisk me, I am the weapon.


Sig Sauer P239 DAK (9mm)
NRA Member & Pistol Instructor

www.vanguardnc.com

ASSA9

You nailed it, crapola
The ATF comes into the local gun shows in NC.and try to
sell and buy pistols to/from unpermitted people , basically setting them
up to arrest them.
If I buy a gun from an individual he has to keep my permit
for the rest of his life to give to the ATF so if his old gun
turns up in a crime to prove it was legal transfer.
because of this I only deal with gunshops

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