A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the criminal offense of robbery with firearms or other dangerous weapons to INCLUDE apparent firearms.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The catch line for G.S. 14‑87 reads as rewritten:
"§ 14‑87.  Robbery with firearms, apparent firearms, or other dangerous weapons."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 14‑87(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Any person or persons who, having in possession or with the use or threatened use of any firearm, apparent firearm, or other dangerous weapon, implement or means, whereby  a reasonable person under the circumstances would believe that his or her life was endangered or threatened, unlawfully takes or attempts to take personal property from another or from any place of business, residence or banking institution or any other place where there is a person or persons in attendance, at any time, either day or night, or who aids or abets any such person or persons in the commission of such crime, shall be guilty of a Class D felony."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2007, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.