A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT repealing pistol permit requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14‑402, 14‑403, 14‑404, and 14‑405 are repealed.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑406 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑406.  Dealer to keep record of sales; confidentiality of records.
(a)	Every dealer in weapons mentioned in this Article shall keep an accurate record of all sales thereof, including the name, place of residence, date of sale, etc., of each person, firm, or corporation to whom or which such sales are made. The records maintained by a dealer pursuant to this section are confidential and are not a public record under G.S. 132‑1; provided, however, that the dealer shall make the records available upon request to all State and local law enforcement agencies.
(b)	Repealed by Session Laws 2011‑56, s. 3, effective April 28, 2011."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 14‑407.1 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑407.1.  Sale of blank cartridge pistols.
The provisions of G.S. 14‑406 shall apply to the sale of pistols suitable for firing blank cartridges. The sheriffs of all the counties of this State are authorized and may in their discretion issue to any person, firm or corporation, in any such county, a license or permit to purchase or receive any pistol suitable for firing blank cartridges from any person, firm or corporation offering to sell or dispose of the same, which said permit shall be in substantially the following form:
North Carolina
______________ County
I, ______________, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, do hereby certify that ______________, whose place of residence is ______________ Street in ______________ (or) in ______________ Township in ______________ County, North Carolina, having this day satisfied me that the possession of a pistol suitable for firing blank cartridges will be used only for lawful purposes, a permit is therefore given said ______________ to purchase said pistol from any person, firm or corporation authorized to dispose of the same, this ________ day of ____________, ________.
		
	Sheriff
The sheriff shall charge for the sheriff's services, upon issuing such permit, a fee of fifty cents (50¢)."
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2017, and applies to pistol purchases on or after that date.