North Carolina Firearm Laws
- Background Check Required?
- Private Sale: No, North Carolina does not generally require a background check for private sales between unlicensed individuals after the repeal of the pistol purchase permit law.
- Licensed Dealer: Yes, federally licensed dealers must conduct a background check before completing the transfer.
- Waiting Period: None.
- Registration Requirement: None.
- Permit Required (to purchase): None.
- Magazine Capacity Limits: None.
- Assault Weapons Limits: None.
Source: N.C. Gen. Stat. §§ 14-415.11, 14-415.35, 14-269, 18 U.S.C. § 922(t)
Prohibited from Purchasing
- Convicted felons.
- Anyone adjudicated as a mental defective or committed to a mental institution.
- Anyone convicted of a misdemeanor offense of domestic violence.
- Fugitives from justice.
- Unlawful users of, or persons addicted to, controlled substances.
- Anyone dishonorably discharged from the U.S. Armed Forces.
- Anyone subject to a qualifying restraining order involving an intimate partner or child.
- Aliens unlawfully present in the United States or admitted under a non-immigrant visa.
- Minors
- Anyone who has renounced U.S. citizenship.
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