NC newspaper: Hearing impaired hunters safer than silencers

Being acquainted with hunting, firearms, and silencers before writing an article about them seems like a good idea, right? The editorial board of Raleigh’s News Observer would beg to differ. According to an unsigned editorial from the Sunday edition, when the state legislature lifted the state’s silencer hunting ban this past spring, it put the public […]

North Carolina ends prohibition on hunting with silencers

Governor Pat McCrory signed H937 into law today, ending the legal prohibition on the use of legal firearms silencers while hunting in an otherwise lawful manner. A National Rifle Association omnibus bill that makes numerous changes to gun laws in North Carolina, H937 goes into effect on October 1, 2013. The NRA-ILA characterizes the bill as “the most comprehensive pro-gun […]