I’d totally forgotten about this one. Fortunately, Confederate Yankee didn’t
Thanks to a brain-dead state law foisted upon us by a Democratic state legislature (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-288.7), every time the governor—in this instance, Democrat Beverly Perdue—declares a state of emergency, it is illegal from that moment onward to carry a concealed weapon until the state of emergency has been declared over.
Head on over to read the relevant statute. I’m thinking the State GOP, in total control of the General Assembly, needs to repeal this statute. Friday would be a good day to do it.
Oh, and Irene is still headed toward the Morehead, NC area. Will it shift more east or west over the next day and a half? The current track takes it through NJ and into the Manhattan area.

