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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-415 (2026)

Violation made misdemeanor

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Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article, except as otherwise specified in said Article, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor, except that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor if the exhibition is indoors. (1947, c. 210, s. 6; 1969, c. 1224, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 288; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003-298, s. 3.)

 

Article 54A.

The Felony Firearms Act.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1985–2017 · leading case: State v. Whitaker, 689 S.E.2d 395 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009).
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State v. Whitaker, 689 S.E.2d 395 (N.C. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 3× “No evidence has been presented which would indicate that plaintiff is dangerous or has ever misused firearms, either before his crime or in the seventeen years between restoration of his rights and adoption of N.C.G.S. § 14-415. l’s complete ban on any possession of a firearm by…”
State v. Taylor, 691 S.E.2d 755 (N.C. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “This Court has similarly held that N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-415 .l(c)’s requirement that a firearm possession indictment state the date of a defendant’s prior felony conviction “is not material and does not affect a substantial right.”
State v. Bonetsky, 784 S.E.2d 637 (N.C. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 3× “" As for Defendant's "as applied" challenge to N.C.G.S. § 14-415, Defendant bore the burden of overcoming the "presumption in favor of [the] constitutionality" of the statute, which necessarily required the trial court to examine the Whitaker factors in light of all of…”
State v. Leach, 603 S.E.2d 831 (N.C. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 2× “1b provides that “[w]hen a person is charged under this section, records of prior convictions of any offense, whether in the courts of this State, or in the courts of any other state of the United States, shall be admissible in evidence for the purpose of proving a violation of…”
State v. McNeill, 337 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985). “G.S. 14-415(a) provides as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of any crime set out in subsection (b) of this section to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care or control any handgun or other firearm with a barrel length of less than…”
State v. Bryant, 779 S.E.2d 508 (N.C. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “was indicted in case number 13 CRS 50172 for possession of a firearm by a felon in violation of N.C. Gen.Stat. § 14-415. This indictment was superseded by an indictment issued 8 September 2014.”
State v. Morrison, 796 S.E.2d 823 (N.C. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “We note that the indictment in 13 CRS 051693, charging defendant with possession of a firearm by a felon, erroneously cites N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-415 , instead of § 14-415.”
State v. Goode, 640 S.E.2d 870 (N.C. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “Possession of a Firearm by a Felon At the time defendant was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-415.1 (a) provided an exception to the offense by stating that "[n]othing in this subsection would prohibit the right of any person to have…”
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State v. McNeill, 337 S.E.2d 172 (N.C. Ct. App. 1985). “G.S. 14-415(a) provides as follows: It shall be unlawful for any person who has been convicted of any crime set out in subsection (b) of this section to purchase, own, possess, or have in his custody, care or control any handgun or other firearm with a barrel length of less than…”
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