GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2003
SESSION LAW 2003-160
HOUSE BILL 1158
AN ACT to amend the law specifying the type of pistols that may be used for hunting.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 113-291.1 reads as rewritten:
"(g)
If a season is open permitting such method of taking for the species in
question, a hunter may take rabbits, squirrels, opossum, raccoons, fur-bearing
animals, and nongame animals and birds open to hunting with a pistol of .22
caliber with a barrel not less than six inches in length and loaded with
long-rifle ammunition. five and
one-half inches in length. In addition, a hunter or trapper lawfully
taking a wild animal or wild bird by another lawful method may use a knife,
pistol, or other swift method of killing the animal or bird taken. The Wildlife
Resources Commission may, however, restrict or prohibit the carrying of
firearms during special seasons or in special areas reserved for the taking of
wildlife with primitive weapons or other restricted methods."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2003.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 2003.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ Richard T. Morgan
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 12:42 p.m. this 5th day of June, 2003