GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 86

HOUSE BILL 67

 

AN ACT TO REWRITE AND SIMPLIFY G.S. 14-269 REGARDING CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 14-269 is rewritten to read as follows:

"(a)      It shall be unlawful for any person, except when on his own premises, willfully and intentionally to carry concealed about his person any bowie knife, dirk, dagger, slung shot, loaded cane, metallic knuckles, razor, pistol, gun or other deadly weapon of like kind.

(b)       This prohibition shall not apply to the following persons:

(1)       Officers and enlisted personnel of the armed forces of the United States when in discharge of their official duties as such and acting under orders requiring them to carry arms and weapons;

(2)       Civil officers of the United States while in the discharge of their official duties;

(3)       Officers and soldiers of the militia and the National Guard when called into actual service;

(4)       Officers of the State, or of any county, city, or town, charged with the execution of the laws of the State, when acting in the discharge of their official duties;

(5)       Full-time sworn law enforcement officers, when off- duty, in the jurisdiction where they are assigned, if:

a.         Written regulations authorizing the carrying of concealed weapons have been filed with the Clerk of Superior Court in the county where the law enforcement unit is located by the Sheriff or Chief of Police or other superior officer in charge; and

b.         Such regulations specifically prohibit the carrying of concealed weapons while the officer is consuming or under the influence of alcoholic beverages.

(c)       Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment for not more than six months, or both."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of March, 1983.