HB 439 — Allow Concealed Carry of Knife.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 21 HOUSE BILL 439 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/8/25 Short Title:

Representatives Kidwell, Ward, and Pike (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 20, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CONCEALED CARRY OF BLADED WEAPONS IF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.

As used in this section, "ordinary pocket knife" means a small knife, designed for carrying in a pocket or purse, that has its cutting edge and point entirely enclosed by its handle, and that may not be opened by a throwing, explosive, or spring action.action.folding knife having a blade not more than 6 inches in length.

(e) SubsectionThis (a) of this section does not apply if (i) the weapon is a knife, (ii) the person carrying the concealed knife is at least 18 years of age, (iii) the person carries valid identification at all times he or she is carrying a concealed knife and displays the identification upon demand by a law enforcement officer, (iv) the person has not been convicted of a felony under the followinglaws apply:of this State, another state, or the United States, and (v) the person is not carrying a concealed knife in or on a place where a concealed handgun is prohibited from being carried under subsection (c) of G.S.

(1) The weapon is a knife.

(2) The person carrying the concealed knife is at least 18 years of age.

(3) The person carries valid identification at all times the person is carrying a concealed knife and displays the identification upon demand by a law enforcement officer.

(4) The person has not been convicted of a felony under the laws of this State, another state, or the United States.

(5) The person is not a fugitive from justice.

(6) The person is not an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance.

(7) The person has not been adjudicated as mentally defective and has not been committed to any mental institution at 16 years of age or older.

(8) The person is not an alien, either illegally or unlawfully in the United States.

(9) The person has not been discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.

(10) The person, having been a citizen of the United States, has not renounced his or her citizenship.

(11) The person is not subject to a court order that restrains such person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner of such person or child of such intimate partner or person, or engaging in other conduct that would place an intimate partner in reasonable fear of bodily injury to the partner or child.

(12) The person has not been convicted in any court of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence.

*H439-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 (13) Thepersonisnotcarryingaconcealedknifeinoronaplacewhereaconcealed handgun is prohibited from being carried under subsection (c) of G.S.

For purposes of this subsection, the term "knife" means (i)any aof bowiethe knife,following: (ii) a dirk, (iii) a dagger, (iv) a switchblade, as that term is defined in G.S.

14-269.2,(1) orA (v)bowie aknife. bladed weapon of like kind to the weapons described in this subsection." SECTION 2.

(2) A dirk.

(3) A dagger.

(4) A switchblade, as that term is defined in G.S.

14-269.2.

(5) A bladed weapon of like kind to the weapons described in this subsection, but not including an ordinary pocket knife." SECTION 2.

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