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Gun Group Targets Restaurants

GRNC ‘Safe Restaurants Project’ will admonish gun rights supporters to report restaurants which post against concealed handguns Recently signed by Governor Pat McCrory, on October 1st House Bill 937 will expand North Carolina’s concealed handgun law into restaurants. Under the statute, restaurants may still … Continue reading

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GRNC Update 7-29-13 HB 937 Finally Becomes Law!

Update: This becomes law on October 1, 2013 HB 937 Finally Becomes Law! Governor signs HB 937 just minutes ago… GRNC has learned that Governor McCrory has just signed HB 937 into law. After a long and sometimes hard fight … Continue reading

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Tell Governor McCrory Actons Speak Louder than Words

Gun Rights Supporters: In an interview with Bill LuMaye of WPTF, Governor Pat McCrory claimed he will sign House Bill 937. The question is,can we take his word for it? After all, in the election he claimed he wouldn’t play politics … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert 7-22-13 Republicans Will be Held Responsible if HB 937 Fails!

The clock to adjournment is ticking…IT IS TIME TO BRING THE HEAT! While the gun rights of North Carolinians hang in the balance, Republican leadership can’t stop playing political games. They are being manipulated by the competing misguided interests of … Continue reading

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GRNC-PVF Alert 7-18-13 TILLIS, SCHAFFER ARE POISED TO SELL YOU OUT

A DEAL TO PUNISH GUN OWNERS HB 937 was making the partial repeal of the current Jim Crow-era pistol permit system look like a reality. Then, the political pressure mounted. GRNC has learned that the partial repeal of the current, … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert 7-16-13 HB 937 Drama Heightens

House sends bill to conference committee As expected, the NC House today voted against concurring with Senate changes to HB 937 (“Amend Various Firearms Laws”). The bill contains provisions for concealed carry in restaurants, assemblies of people for which admission … Continue reading

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Is HB 937 Mired in ‘Dysfunction Junction’?

Is HB 937 Mired in ‘Dysfunction Junction’? Long over-due bill languishes while Republican leaders haggle… Within sight of final victory, House Bill 937 (“Amend Various Firearms Laws”) for concealed carry  in restaurants, assemblies for which admission is charged, campuses, parades … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert: NO MORE STALLING ON HB 937

CALL FOR HB 937 CONCURRENCE VOTE For some time now, Speaker Thom Tillis has been assuring the gun owners of North Carolina that a concurrence vote on HB 937 will be held “next week.” Well, next week has already come … Continue reading

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Why are Giffords & Kelly hiding from gun owners they claim to represent?

Official statement from GRNC president Paul Valone:  “Ponder the irony of having national advocates for what they claim are just ‘background checks’ first claim to have the support of a majority of gun owners, and then hide the time and … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert: Call For HB 937 Concurrence Now!

Call For HB 937 Concurrence It has come to our attention that the office of NC House Speaker Thom Tillis has told callers that GRNC “supports” removal of the pistol purchase permit repeal from House Bill 937 and the replacement … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert 6-25-13: Tell the House – A Vote Against Concurrence on HB937 is Anti-Gun

DEMAND CONCURRENCE ON HB 937 In recent days, the North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association (NCSA) has flip flopped on its support for HB 937, a common sense bill that would modernize North Carolina’s gun laws, and allow law-abiding citizens to better … Continue reading

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Jackie Holcombe – Mayor Against Illegal Guns

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gO48HgURWh4 Morrisville mayor Jackie Holcombe spoke at the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Rally in Raleigh on June 22, 2013. I have to wonder to whom she was speaking? The only people in front of her were a few video cameras. … Continue reading

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Paul Valone at the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Rally

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTRRG9xUzvo Paul Valone of Grass Roots North Carolina gives another perspective at the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Rally in Raleigh, NC on June 22, 2013. Mayor Bloomberg’s bus broke down (supposedly) and did not bring their supporters and speakers. The … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert 6-21-13 KEEP BLOOMBERG GUN CONTROL OUT OF NC!

“WELCOME” BLOOMBERG’S RADICALS Let’s give Bloomberg’s radicals a ‘welcome’ they won’t forget! As you may have heard, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” (MAIG) recently began a 100-city bus tour to push for federal gun bans. Although … Continue reading

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GRNC Alert 6-18-13: Sheriffs’ Lobbyist Stalls HB 937

Sheriffs’ lobbyist more worried about his nearly $290,000 salary than the rights of NC gun owners… It has become clear that the cabal committed to preserving NC’s embarrassing and obsolete Jim Crow-era pistol permit system is being led by NC Sheriffs’ … Continue reading

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