Constitutional carry legislation cleared the North Carolina House Judiciary Committee by a vote of 7-4 on Tuesday.
The vote comes just over a month after Breitbart News reported the North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) veto and ended the state requirement for law-abiding citizens to acquire a permit in order to buy a handgun.
The Associated Press noted that the North Carolina House Judiciary’s passage of constitutional carry legislation “comes two days before a parliamentary deadline for policy legislation to clear one legislative chamber so it can be considered through the remainder of the two-year session.”