They're very flexible. They don't require permanent residence in NC for military, even though they require undergraduate and grad students the same age to become NC residents (and be subject to NC income tax) to be eligible for a permit. They also offer extension to military personnel who are deployed, even though they don't offer the same courtesy to long time NC residents who are sent overseas by their employer.NAVY CHIEF wrote:Does anyone know anyone who knows whether NC works with military concerning the flexibility of the requirements for getting a CHL there?
I disagree. If anything, the argument could be made that military and foreign applicants should pay more. For civilians, there's a quick, cheap, computerized check that shows if someone is eligible to purchase firearms under Federal law. However, in my own time, I have seen things handled with "counseling" that would be a serious misdemeanor (or even a felony) if civilian cops caught a civilian doing the same thing. The argument can be made that access to personnel records should be provided by military applicants, to allow the police check for those counseling sessions, or other administrative handling of behavior that would result in an arrest in the civilian world, and that costs a lot more to do than a 30 second computer check. Crimes overseas have similar issues with enforcement and access to records.NAVY CHIEF wrote:It seems to me that if one is in the military, one should not be subjected to pay for background checks, check into a mental institution for the retrieval of records (there would be none - obviously!)
Let's not even get into the rampant gang activity in the military.