North Carolina HB 9: Firearm Discharge/Preempt Local Ordinance.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA 
SESSION 2025 
H 1 
HOUSE BILL 9 
 
 
Short Title: Firearm Discharge/Preempt Local Ordinance. (Public) 
Sponsors: Representatives Kidwell, Moss, Pike, and McNeely (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 
January 30, 2025 
*H9-v-1* 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 
AN   ACT   TO   PREEMPT   LOCAL   GOVERNMENTS   FROM REGULATING   SPORT 2 
SHOOTING  RANGES  AND DISCHARGING  FIREARMS ON  OR  WITHIN  PRIVATE 3 
PROPERTY. 4 
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 
SECTION 1.  G.S. 14-409.47 reads as rewritten: 6 
"§ 14-409.47.  Application of Article.Preemption. 7 
Except as otherwise provided in this Article, this Article does not prohibit a local government 8 
governments  are preempted from  regulating the  location  and  construction  of  a sport  shooting 9 
range after September 1, 1997.ranges." 10 
SECTION 2.  G.S. 153A-129(a) reads as rewritten: 11 
"(a) Except  as  provided  in  this  section,  a  county  may  by  ordinance  regulate,  restrict,  or 12 
prohibit the discharge of firearms at any time or place except in any of the following instances: 13 
(1) When used to take birds or animals pursuant to Chapter 113, Subchapter IV. 14 
(2) When used in defense of person or property. 15 
(3) When used pursuant to lawful directions of law-enforcement officers. 16 
(4) When used on or within private property with the permission of the owner or 17 
possessor  of  that  property  and  conducted  with  reasonable  care  to  prevent  a 18 
projectile from crossing the bounds of the property." 19 
SECTION 3.  G.S. 160A-189 reads as rewritten: 20 
"§ 160A-189.  Firearms. 21 
A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, or prohibit the discharge of firearms at any time 22 
or  place  within  the  city  except  when  used (i) in  defense  of  person  or  property  or  pursuant  to 23 
lawful directions of law-enforcement officers, and officers or (ii) on or within private property 24 
with the permission of the owner or possessor of that property  and conducted with reasonable 25 
care to prevent a projectile from crossing the bounds of the property. A city may by ordinance 26 
regulate the display of firearms on the streets, sidewalks, alleys, or other public property. Nothing 27 
in  this  section  shall  be  construed  to  limit  a  city's  authority  to  take  action  under  Article  1A  of 28 
Chapter 166A of the General Statutes." 29 
SECTION  4.  This  act  is  effective  when  it  becomes  law  and  applies  to  existing 30 
municipal or county ordinances. Any municipal or county ordinance inconsistent with this act is 31 
void and unenforceable. 32