GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1016

Short Title:  No Handguns for Felons.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Odom.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I/Constitution

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May 4, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT A FELON FROM PURCHASING, OWNING, POSSESSING OR HAVING CUSTODY, CARE, OR CONTROL OF A HANDGUN EXCEPT IN HIS OR HER OWN HOME OR PLACE OF BUSINESS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 14-415.1 (a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of any crime set out in subsection (b) of this section to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care, or control any handgun or other firearm with a barrel length of less than 18 inches or an overall length of less than 26 inches, or any weapon of mass death and destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.8(c).
Every person violating the provisions of this section shall be punished as a Class H felon.
Nothing in this subsection would prohibit the right of any person to have possession of a firearm within his own home or on his lawful place of business."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995.