Concealed carry guns, holsters and safes, reviewed by people who carry
North Carolina concealed carry law explained in plain English by a retired lawman.
What to do in a concealed carry traffic stop: duty-to-inform rules, a step-by-step routine, what to say and mistakes to avoid, from a retired NC lawman.
Can you carry a concealed gun at work? Employer policies, parking-lot laws, federal no-carry places and NC’s posted-premises rule, explained.
Reviewed by Chris Raper — Retired North Carolina law enforcement (40+ years) · U.S. Air Force Security Police · NRA-certified Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor · NC DOJ-certified Concealed Carry Instructor · Founder, Concealed Handgun Carry, Inc. (Elm City, NC, 2006) This guide draws on my own research and what my students bring into the … Read more
Reviewed by Chris Raper — Retired North Carolina law enforcement (40+ years) · U.S. Air Force Security Police · NRA-certified Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor · NC DOJ-certified Concealed Carry Instructor · Founder, Concealed Handgun Carry, Inc. (Elm City, NC, 2006) This guide draws on my own research and what my students bring into the … Read more
In North Carolina, how you may keep a handgun in your vehicle depends on whether you hold a concealed handgun permit. A permit holder may carry a loaded handgun concealed on their body or anywhere in the car, but must disclose it to any officer who approaches and must follow the locked-vehicle rules in school … Read more
North Carolina’s Castle Doctrine, G.S. 14-51.2, presumes that a lawful occupant of a home, motor vehicle or workplace reasonably feared death or serious injury when using deadly force against someone unlawfully and forcibly breaking in, and it removes any duty to retreat. The companion stand-your-ground statute, G.S. 14-51.3, extends the no-retreat rule to any place … Read more
Reviewed by Chris Raper — Retired North Carolina law enforcement (40+ years) · U.S. Air Force Security Police · NRA-certified Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor · NC DOJ-certified Concealed Carry Instructor · Founder, Concealed Handgun Carry, Inc. (Elm City, NC, 2006) This guide draws on my own research and what my students bring into the … Read more
A North Carolina concealed handgun permit lets you carry statewide, but G.S. 14-415.11(c) lists the places where the permit does not apply: educational property, courthouses and the state government complex, state and federal office buildings, law enforcement and correctional facilities, parades and demonstrations, anywhere federal law prohibits, and private property posted against concealed handguns. Each … Read more
Reviewed by Chris Raper — Retired North Carolina law enforcement (40+ years) · U.S. Air Force Security Police · NRA-certified Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor · NC DOJ-certified Concealed Carry Instructor · Founder, Concealed Handgun Carry, Inc. (Elm City, NC, 2006) This guide draws on my own research and what my students bring into the … Read more
Reviewed by Chris Raper — Retired North Carolina law enforcement (40+ years) · U.S. Air Force Security Police · NRA-certified Pistol, Rifle & Shotgun Instructor · NC DOJ-certified Concealed Carry Instructor · Founder, Concealed Handgun Carry, Inc. (Elm City, NC, 2006) This guide draws on my own research and what my students bring into the … Read more