Think of this, you are on your property in North Carolina. You go to the street to tape up damaged windows on your car. You are weary of looters or other ragamuffins that could potentially harm you or your family, so you wear your S&W 686 .357 with pride to fend off your foes. You make it to the street and you hear, “Excuse me, sir.”
Turning around you see a police officer standing there with cuffs in one hand and his gun in the other. “I need you to put the gun down and get on your knees. Now!”
In doing as you are told the windows don’t get fixed, and you get taken to jail for FOUR months. This, all for protecting yourself while in a state of emergency. Sounds like a crock of something doesn’t it. Well, for North Carolina residents, this nightmare became a reality.
Just yesterday, the governor of North Carolina, Bev Perdue, issued Executive Order No. 62 to declare a State of Emergency for North Carolina in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Earl. By doing this, she effectively banned the use of guns in North Carolina.
What is Executive Order No. 62? It is pretty much just a state of emergency legislation. However, General Statute 14-288.7, directly prohibits the transportation of “dangerous weapons.”
Here is what it says:
§ 14 288.7. Transporting dangerous weapon or substance during emergency; possessing off premises; exceptions.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any person to transport or possess off his own premises any dangerous weapon or substance in any area:
(1) In which a declared state of emergency exists; or
(2) Within the immediate vicinity of which a riot is occurring.
(b) This section does not apply to persons exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14 269 with respect to any activities lawfully engaged in while carrying out their duties.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1969, c. 869, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 192; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
If this order is violated, you could go to jail for up to 120 days. This impacts the lives of anyone with a concealed handgun permit, sport shooters, and anyone else carrying or possessing a firearm outside their homes.
Unfortunately, the victims of hurricane Katrina had felt the sting of this type of law as well and many suffered for it. Now, a couple of states have put into place laws protecting the second amendment from emergency acts such as this one.
One specific problem in having legislation like General Statute 14-288.7, is that the federal government can place these laws into affect as well. In fact, Rahm Emanuel, White House Chief of Staff, is noted saying, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” Which can be lead to understand that the federal government’s stance on this would be that they have the right to suspend the Second Amendment indefinitely.
This is unconstitutional. The governor of North Carolina has opened Pandora’s Box by signing this law. Essentially, this kind of legislation could be used to ban handguns across the nation. Given the Usurper in Chief’s stance on gun control, the possibility for a nationwide ban is not far reaching.
In a 2008 Presidential Debate, The Usurper in Chief stated on the issue, “…Just because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can’t constrain the exercise of that right...”
While denying that he endorsed a handgun ban in Illinois, documentation exists and was filed while he ran for the State Senate in 1996 showing his true thought on the matter. When asked, “Do you support state legislation to ban the manufacture, sale and possession of handguns?”
He responded, “Yes.”
Ban assault weapons? “Yes.”
Mandatory waiting periods and background checks? “Yes (
http://bit.ly/ainWME).”
The Usurper in Chief has always held the mentality of restricting (at best) and banning (at worst) American’s right to bear arms.
Here’s the deal, we as human beings have the right, a calling by God, to protect ourselves and our families with the force that we have at our disposal. No government or political power should be able to take that away. EVER.
This means that any ban – potential or enacted – on our ability to protect ourselves and/or families is not only unconstitutional but goes against our very Creator. All it takes is one insignificant little action of one insignificant individual and it would cause a massive domino effect. Given this current administration's stance on gun control, they could essentially strip us of our rights to bear arms FOREVER. Just one excuse under the guise of National Defense, one considerable threat and guns are no more.
The commonly held misperception of the Second Amendment only ensures that the politicos are unable to take our guns from us without a reason. We reject the very idea that rights come from government. Rights, all of them, including the right to keep and bear arms, are God's gift to mankind. The various amendments to the Constitution are nothing more than a directive from our founding fathers to all future governments that they may NOT infringe on those rights.
Remember... "REBELLION TO TYRANTS IS OBEDIANCE TO GOD"
http://gunshowonthenet.com/writings/OriginalIntent.html
Once you leave your property in North Carolina you must do so unarmed for the duration of the emergency. That is, unless you are going dove hunting. I'm sure it would be too expensive for the state to give up the revenue from dove hunters.
http://www.ncwildlife.org/NewsReleases/090210_Dove_Season_Opens_as_Scheduled_on_Sept4htm.htm
Find Executive Order No. 62 here.
http://www.governor.state.nc.us/library/pdf/execOrderArchives/2004/08-August/06-Hurricane%20Alex%20Disaster%20Declaration.pdf
General Statute 14-288.7,
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_14/GS_14-288.7.html
More information on the Usurper in Chief’s views on gun control here:
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_obama.html
To contact the Governor's Office in North Carolina:
Constituent Services Office
The Constituent Services Office is here to respond to requests and questions from citizens throughout North Carolina. To contact the Constituent Services Office:
Office of the Governor
Constituent Services Office
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Phone: (800) 662-7952 or (919) 733-2391
Fax: (919) 733-2120
governor.office@nc.gov
Governor’s Office
Office of the Governor
20301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-0301
Phone: (919)733-4240
Fax: (919)733-2120
