Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes certain employees and volunteers to carry a concealed handgun on private school property with permission from the property owner in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Specifies that an employee or volunteer of a nonpublic school who meets all of the following criteria may carry a handgun (Sec. 2):

• The person has written authorization from the school board of trustees or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school; 

• The weapon is a firearm or a stun gun;

• The person has a concealed handgun permit;

• The person has successfully completed under the direct supervision of a certified National Rifle Association instructor or the equivalent a minimum of eight hours of courses on, or relating to, gun safety and the appropriate use of firearms that is in addition to the firearms training and safety course required for a concealed handgun permit;

• The nonpublic school adopts and maintains written standard operating procedures regarding the possession and carrying of the weapons listed in this subdivision on the educational property and distributes to the parents of students attending the nonpublic school; and

• The person is on the premises of the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school at which the person is an employee or volunteer.

• Specifies that the handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside in one of the following circumstances (Sec. 3):

• Outside of the school operating hours; or

• At any time, in a building that is a place of religious worship while the person is attending worship services, funeral services, wedding ceremonies, Christenings, religious fellowships, and any other sacerdotal functions in the building. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "attending" includes ingress and egress between the building and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override the Governor's veto and pass a bill that authorizes certain employees and volunteers to carry a concealed handgun on private school property with permission from the property owner in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Specifies that an employee or volunteer of a nonpublic school who meets all of the following criteria may carry a handgun (Sec. 2):

• The person has written authorization from the school board of trustees or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school; 

• The weapon is a firearm or a stun gun;

• The person has a concealed handgun permit;

• The person has successfully completed under the direct supervision of a certified National Rifle Association instructor or the equivalent a minimum of eight hours of courses on, or relating to, gun safety and the appropriate use of firearms that is in addition to the firearms training and safety course required for a concealed handgun permit;

• The nonpublic school adopts and maintains written standard operating procedures regarding the possession and carrying of the weapons listed in this subdivision on the educational property and distributes to the parents of students attending the nonpublic school; and

• The person is on the premises of the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school at which the person is an employee or volunteer.

• Specifies that the handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside in one of the following circumstances (Sec. 3):

• Outside of the school operating hours; or

• At any time, in a building that is a place of religious worship while the person is attending worship services, funeral services, wedding ceremonies, Christenings, religious fellowships, and any other sacerdotal functions in the building. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "attending" includes ingress and egress between the building and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.

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Vetoed by Governor Josh Stein

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that authorizes certain employees and volunteers to carry a concealed handgun on private school property with permission from the property owner in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Specifies that an employee or volunteer of a nonpublic school who meets all of the following criteria may carry a handgun (Sec. 2):

• The person has written authorization from the school board of trustees or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school; 

• The weapon is a firearm or a stun gun;

• The person has a concealed handgun permit;

• The person has successfully completed under the direct supervision of a certified National Rifle Association instructor or the equivalent a minimum of eight hours of courses on, or relating to, gun safety and the appropriate use of firearms that is in addition to the firearms training and safety course required for a concealed handgun permit;

• The nonpublic school adopts and maintains written standard operating procedures regarding the possession and carrying of the weapons listed in this subdivision on the educational property and distributes to the parents of students attending the nonpublic school; and

• The person is on the premises of the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school at which the person is an employee or volunteer.

• Specifies that the handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside in one of the following circumstances (Sec. 3):

• Outside of the school operating hours; or

• At any time, in a building that is a place of religious worship while the person is attending worship services, funeral services, wedding ceremonies, Christenings, religious fellowships, and any other sacerdotal functions in the building. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "attending" includes ingress and egress between the building and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.

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Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that authorizes certain employees and volunteers to carry a concealed handgun on private school property with permission from the property owner in North Carolina.

Highlights:

• Specifies that an employee or volunteer of a nonpublic school who meets all of the following criteria may carry a handgun (Sec. 2):

• The person has written authorization from the school board of trustees or the school administrative director to possess and carry a firearm or stun gun on the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school; 

• The weapon is a firearm or a stun gun;

• The person has a concealed handgun permit;

• The person has successfully completed under the direct supervision of a certified National Rifle Association instructor or the equivalent a minimum of eight hours of courses on, or relating to, gun safety and the appropriate use of firearms that is in addition to the firearms training and safety course required for a concealed handgun permit;

• The nonpublic school adopts and maintains written standard operating procedures regarding the possession and carrying of the weapons listed in this subdivision on the educational property and distributes to the parents of students attending the nonpublic school; and

• The person is on the premises of the educational property that is owned, used, or operated by the nonpublic school at which the person is an employee or volunteer.

• Specifies that the handgun is only possessed and carried on educational property outside in one of the following circumstances (Sec. 3):

• Outside of the school operating hours; or

• At any time, in a building that is a place of religious worship while the person is attending worship services, funeral services, wedding ceremonies, Christenings, religious fellowships, and any other sacerdotal functions in the building. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "attending" includes ingress and egress between the building and the designated parking area for the place of religious worship.

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