CoL, 2011ish numerous nc counties had ordinances regulating firearm carry, to including durham's county mandating citizen's firearm registration with sheriff's office. during declared state level SoEs chapter 166a statutes kicked in and no citizen carry of their firearms was permitted ~ period!
governor, et al got sued and lost in nc supreme court..result:
https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/ByChapter/Chapter_166A.html
Chapter 166A. North Carolina Emergency Management Act.
Article 1.North Carolina Emergency Management Act of 1977.
§§ 166A-1: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-2: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-3: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-4: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-5: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-6: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-6.01: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-6.02: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§§ 166A-6.03: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-6.1: Recodified as G.S. 166A-29 by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-7: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-8: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-9: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-10: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-11: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-12: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-13: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-14: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-15: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-15.1: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-16: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-17: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
§ 166A-18: Repealed by Session Laws 2012-12, s. 1(a), effective October 1, 2012.
Article 1A. North Carolina Emergency Management Act.
Part 1. General Provisions.
§ 166A-19. Short title.
This Article may be cited as "North Carolina Emergency Management Act." (1977, c. 848, s. 2; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1310, s. 2; 1995, c. 509, s. 120; 2012-12, s. 1(b).)
then "clearer" heads prevailed and state exemption on firearms was introduced and a multitude of sins were corrected ~ kinda ~ but bottom line was county & municipalities were out of the hodgepodge loop regarding citizen's firearm carry/ownership!
thats why the wake county nonsense on fingerprinting so absurd