GRNC to NC Senator Berger: “Re-open Legislature to the Public!”

By Jim Grant

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- The Grassroots North Carolina gun rights organization recently released an open letter to NC Senator Berger in response to his shutting down public access to the General Assembly. The full letter is below.

The Honorable Phil Berger, North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore
16 West Jones Street, Room 2007
Raleigh, NC 27601

Dear Senator Berger:

Traditionally, North Carolinians have enjoyed a laudably open system of government in which any citizen can go to Raleigh and walk into the office of his or her state House or Senate representative for the “redress of grievances” guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Bearing in mind the “Moral Monday” extremists who carried out repeated assaults on legislators, we didn’t enjoy the security checkpoints, metal detectors, and Capitol Police recently deployed throughout the General Assembly, but we at least understood why you would feel them necessary. Consequently, gun rights supporters have endured the resulting inconvenience without complaint.

However, the actions of legislative leadership in barring the public from the General Assembly, when you convened the 2020 session on April 28, create a new and potentially dangerous precedent in which …Read the Rest

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