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From March 29, 2023 post. 

MEDIA RELEASE Issued: March 29, 20

Contact: Lieutenant J.J. Brewer

For Immediate Release                                          

Public Information Officer   

 New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office    (910) 798-4191 Office    (910) 297-9213 Cellular

Handgun Permits Repealed

The law regarding the issuance of pistol purchase permits by sheriffs in North Carolina has been repealed.  This is effective immediately.

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, any person seeking to purchase or transfer a handgun in North Carolina is no longer required to apply to the sheriff for a pistol purchase permit.  All pistol purchase permitting laws in North Carolina have been eliminated by the enactment of Senate Bill 41, Guarantee 2nd Amend Freedom and Protections.  

Sheriffs will not refund the $5.00 fee for Pistol Purchase Permits being processed when the law was repealed.

For applications that have been submitted and are in process, that process has stopped, and you no longer need a permit. 

Any person seeking to purchase a handgun through a firearms dealer will undergo the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) criminal background check required under current law and either be sold the handgun or denied sale if a criminal history search indicates the person is disqualified from possessing a firearm.  For private transfers of handguns, while no National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) criminal background check is required under current law prior to making a private transfer, criminal penalties still apply to any person that knowingly transfers a handgun to a person who may not lawfully possess the firearm. 

The repeal of the State’s pistol purchase permitting laws does not have any impact on our State laws governing the application for and issuance of concealed handgun permits by the Sheriff.  Sheriffs will continue to process concealed handgun permit applications in the same manner as before the enactment of Senate Bill 41.  

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