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 NOTE: The information
concerning North Carolina Law is to be
considered for reference only.
This publication is designed to assemble
and present the basic firearms and
weapons laws of North carolina in an
effort to educate adn emphasize for the
public, the responsibilities and duties
pertaining to the possession and use of
firearms and related weapons in North
Carolina.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION..................................1
II. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF
FIREARMS.........................................1
A. Federal Requirements
B. North Carolina Requirements
C. Eligible Persons
D. Temporary Transfers of Firearms
III. POSSESSING AND CARRYING
FIREARMS.......................................10
A. Carrying Concealed Weapons
B. Law Enforcement Officers Safety
Act of 2004
C. Concealed Handgun Permits
D. Transporting Weapons
E. Areas Where Weapons Are
Prohibited
1. Schools
2. Assemblies
And
Establishments
3. State
Buildings
4. Events
Occurring In Public
Places
5. Areas Of
Emergencies And
Riots
6. Going Armed
To The Terror
Of The People
7. Storage of
Firearms
F. Persons Acquitted of a Crime
by Reason of
Insanity
IV. RESTRICTED AND PROHIBITED
WEAPONS.....................................24
A. Ballistic or Projectile Knives
B. Weapons of Mass Destruction
C. Nuclear, Biological, or
Chemical
Weapons of Mass
Destruction
D. Machine Guns
E. Teflon-Coated Bullets
V. FELONY FIREARMS ACT.......................30
VI. AGE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE
AND POSSESSION OF WEAPONS.......30
VII. FIREARMS DEALERS........................34
VIII. COMMONLY ASKED FIREARMS
QUESTIONS...................................34
IX. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.............38
Appendix Disqualifying Criminal Offenses for
Concealed Handgun
Permits..... 40
Do's and Don'ts of Carrying A Concealed
Handgun.............................................42
(applicable to concealed handgun permittees only)
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NOTE: The information concerning North Carolina Law is to
be considered for reference only. 
