Why is this bill dangerous? Because it would expose NC residents to the “gun show loophole” on handguns, allowing people to buy handguns from private sellers, at gun shows, and on the Internet without a background check. Our Pistol Purchase Permit system requires background checks that have stopped people in our state who should not have access to firearms from buying them. In fact, from 1998 to 2019, over 80,000 firearm sales were correctly denied in North Carolina, blocking almost 2,000 illegal sales to convicted felons and almost 500 illegal sales to perpetrators of domestic violence.(2) | |
