North Carolina HB 470: Calculation of the Dropout Rate.

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 470

Short Title: The Second Amendment Protection Act. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Echevarria, Kidwell, Biggs, and Huneycutt (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 24, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENACT THE SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTION ACT. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
SECTION 1. This act shall be known as "The Second Amendment Protection Act." 4
SECTION 2. Article 53B of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding 5
a new section to read: 6
"§ 14-409.44. Prohibition on enforcing federal firearms laws. 7
(a) Findings. – The General Assembly finds all of the following: 8
(1) The General Assembly is firmly resolved to support and defend the United 9
States Constitution against every aggression, whether foreign or domestic, and 10
is duty-bound to oppose every infraction of those principles that constitute the 11
basis of the union of the states because only a faithful observance of those 12
principles can secure the union's existence and the public happiness. 13
(2) Acting through the United States Constitution, the people of the several states 14
created the federal government to be their agent in the exercise of a few 15
defined powers, while reserving for the state governments the power to 16
legislate on matters concerning the lives, liberties, and properties of citizens 17
in the ordinary course of affairs. 18
(3) The limitation of the federal government's power is affirmed under the Tenth 19
Amendment to the United States Constitution, which defines the total scope 20
of federal powers as being those which have been delegated by the people of 21
the several states to the federal government, and all powers not delegated to 22
the federal government in the United States Constitution are reserved to the 23
states respectively or the people themselves. 24
(4) If the federal government assumes powers that the people did not grant it in 25
the United States Constitution, its acts are unauthoritative and of no force. 26
(5) The several states of the United States respect the proper role of the federal 27
government but reject the proposition that such respect requires unlimited 28
submission. 29
(6) If the federal government, created by a compact among the states, were the 30
exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers granted to it by the states 31
through the United States Constitution, the federal government's discretion, 32
and not the United States Constitution, would necessarily become the measure 33
of those powers. To the contrary, as in all other cases of compacts among 34
powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for 35

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itself as to whether infractions of the compact have occurred, as well as to 1
determine the mode and measure of redress. Although the several states have 2
granted supremacy to laws and treaties made under the powers granted in the 3
United States Constitution, such supremacy does not extend to various federal 4
statutes, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, 5
regulations, or other actions that collect data or restrict or prohibit the 6
manufacture, ownership, and use of firearms, firearm accessories, or 7
ammunition exclusively within the borders of North Carolina; such statutes, 8
executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, regulations, and 9
other actions exceed the powers granted to the federal government except to 10
the extent they are necessary and proper for governing and regulating the 11
United States Armed Forces or for organizing, arming, and disciplining militia 12
forces actively employed in the service of the United States Armed Forces. 13
(7) The people of the several states have given Congress the power "to regulate 14
commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states," but "regulating 15
commerce" does not include the power to limit citizens' right to keep and bear 16
arms in defense of their families, neighbors, persons, or property nor to dictate 17
what sort of arms and accessories law-abiding citizens may buy, sell, 18
exchange, or otherwise possess within the borders of this State. 19
(8) The people of the several states also have granted Congress the power "to lay 20
and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide 21
for the common defense and general welfare of the United States" and "to 22
make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution 23
the powers vested by the United States Constitution in the government of the 24
United States, or in any department or office thereof." These constitutional 25
provisions merely identify the means by which the federal government may 26
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