NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 133

HOUSE BILL 361

 

 

AN ACT TO DEFINE "HISTORIC EDGED WEAPONS" AND TO EXCEPT "ANTIQUE FIREARMS" AND "HISTORIC EDGED WEAPONS" FROM THE PROVISIONS OF G.S. 14-402 AND G.S. 14-409.1.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  A new section to be designated G.S. 14-409.12 shall read as follows:

"§ 14-409.12.  'Historic edged weapons' defined. — The term 'historic edged weapon' means any bayonet, trench knife, sword or dagger manufactured during or prior to World War II but in no event later than January 1, 1946."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 14-402 and G.S. 14-409.1 are amended by adding at the end of each section a new paragraph as follows:

'"Antique firearm' as defined by G.S. 14-409.11, and 'historic edged weapon' as defined by G.S. 14-409.12, are hereby excepted from the provisions of this section."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 29th day of March, 1971.