NC Gun Roster Being Sold As Preventing Faulty Weapons

By Tom Knighton

On Wednesday, we reported on a North Carolina bill that seeks to create a roster of firearms approved for sale in the state. The roster is based on one already in place in California that has severely limited the number of guns available to law-abiding citizens. It does not, however, stop criminals from doing whatever they can to obtain other firearms.

However, the representative who is pushing for this plan and the media seem to be trying to push this through as a safety measure, one meant to keep North Carolinians safe from faulty weapons.

In a story titled, “Can N.C. ensure ‘safe’ guns? Democrats want to ban handguns with dangerous design flaws,” the Charlotte Observer seems poised to push the narrative that this is somehow a safety measure.

A trio of Democrats want North Carolina to follow California’s footsteps in governing gun safety.

The “Ensure Safe Handguns” bill instructs the N.C. Department of Public Safety to prohibit the use of handguns that have design flaws endangering users. The bill instructs the department to use California’s Roster of Handguns Certified for Sale as a model.

California has prohibited the sale of hundreds of handguns, affecting …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms