Steve Mensing, Editor
♦ “Salisbury, N.C. is 17.3 square miles surrounded by reality.”
A couple of days ago someone shared an article with me from Salisbury’s print media. In the article Mayor Karen Alexander supports an initiative to register guns in Salisbury, N.C. I scratched my head and recalled our noble North Carolina state lawmakers passed a law forbidding N.C. municipalities from registering guns. I wondered if Karen consulted with the city attorney about her desire to register guns in Ole Shotzbury?
Here’s a refresher course on state law addressing N.C. Municipalities and Counties ability to register firearms forwarded to the RFP by N.C. Rep. Carl Ford:
“S.L. 1995-727 prohibits counties and municipalities from imposing a registration scheme.
I understand that any then-standing statutes were exempted, meaning Durham County’s program would continue. In 2014, Sen. Woodard passed a local act, S.L. 2014-11, to repeal their program. Therefore, there aren’t any state registration programs, and no programs can be imposed.”
Respectfully, Kyle Chermak, Legislative Assistant
