Last week, the legislature overrode a Cooper veto for the first time since 2018 when it enacted, over his objections, a bill eliminating the state’s pistol permit purchase system. Cotham was one of three House Democrats who were absent last week during the override votes on the gun bill....
Last week, the Legislaturesuccessfully overrode one of Cooper’s vetoesfor the first time since 2018 and approved a bill that in part eliminated the state’s pistol permit purchase system. Cooper has stopped short of vetoing three other bills this year on topics that he vetoed in...
NORTH CAROLINA, VERMONT, ANDMASSACHUSETTS Stephen P. Halbrook[*]Of all federal Bill of Rights provisions, the second amendment "right of the people to keep and bear arms" is perhaps the most controversial and least understood. As the bicentennial of the United States Constitution approaches, ...