GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

EXTRA SESSION 1994

S	1 

SENATE BILL 92*

Short Title:  LRC Weapons Proliferation.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Winner of Mecklenburg.
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Referred to:  Rules.
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February 15, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH COMMISSION TO STUDY THE PROLIFERATION AND CRIMINAL USE OF WEAPONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Legislative Research Commission is authorized to study:
(1)	The types and sources of weapons that are used in crimes in North Carolina;
(2)	The scope of municipal authority to regulate the possession of all types of firearms;
(3)	The feasibility, cost, and effectiveness of establishing a safety licensing system for possession of firearms;
(4)	Restrictions on the sale of firearms and ammunition; and
(5)	Any matter which can be demonstrated to reduce the criminal use of firearms.
The State Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Crime Control and Public Safety shall cooperate fully with this study if the Legislative Research Commission undertakes it.
Sec. 2.  The Legislative Research Commission may make an interim report of the results of this study, including legislative recommendations, to the 1993 General Assembly, Regular Session 1994, and shall make a final report to the 1995 General Assembly.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.