Positive news article on North Carolinia's RIght to Carry Law

The article is from the Wilmington, NC Star-News:

State law allows people to arm themselves with handguns

By Jim Ware
Night Editor

Published: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:13 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, October 10, 2008 at 2:19 p.m.
Newlyweds David Hall and Krista King of Wilmington are among thousands of people in Southeastern North Carolina arming themselves with handguns for protection and doing it legally.

From Dec. 1, 1995, when it became legal to carry a concealed handgun in the state, until July 31 of this year, sheriff’s offices in Brunswick, New Hanover and Pender counties received 8,167 permit applications. The state total was 225,762 for the same time period.

The purpose of the law that allows North Carolinians to carry concealed handguns is to deter crime, said Richard White, a former Boiling Spring Lakes police chief and current investigator with the New Hanover County Public Defender’s Office.

“I’m a firm believer in it because it is a deterrent to crime,” White said of the law. . . .