HB 366

Reenacts the following statutes as they existed immediately before repeal: GS 14-402 (prohibiting sale of pistols without a permit), GS 14-403 (handgun permits), GS 14-315(b1)(1) (allowing possession of a permit under GS 14-402 as a defense to offense), GS 14-404 (issuance or refusal of permits in certain counties), GS 14-405 (permit records kept by sheriff), GS 14-407.1 (sale of blank cartridge pistols), and GS 122C-54(d2) (concerning sheriff's access to the record of involuntary commitment for mental health or substance abuse treatment required to be reported to the NICS). Broadens the requirements of GS 14-402, GS 14-403 and GS 14-404(c)(1) to include long guns (defined as a shotgun or rifle that is not considered an antique firearm as that term is defined in GS 14-402). Applies to the sale, giving away, transfer, purchase, or receiving of a pistol or a long gun on or after December 1, 2025.