Republican North Carolina state Senator Jim Perry is locked in a legislative vs. executive showdown with the state’s Democratic governor, Roy Cooper, over the former’s bill to protect the right to keep and bear arms in the Tarheel State. Notably, Governor Cooper has vetoed similar legislation in the past.
Perry is one of the primary sponsors of Senate Bill 41 — the Guarantee 2nd Amendment Freedom and Protections Act — a measure that was handily passed by both houses of the state’s legislature and now sits on Governor Perry’s desk, waiting for his signature or veto. If he hasn’t rejected the bill by March 26, then it will become law without his signature.