Britt v. State

In my view N.C.G.S. § 14-415.1 as applied to plaintiff does not violate Article I, Section 30 of the North Carolina Constitution. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

Justice TIMMONS-GOODSON dissenting.

Because the majority has crafted an individualized exception for a sympathetic plaintiff, thereby placing North Carolina in the unique position of being the first jurisdiction, either federal or state, to hold that the inherent police power of the State must yield to a convicted félon’s right to own a firearm, I respectfully dissent. Plaintiffs right to possess a firearm is not absolute, but…