Hello!
Hoping I can get some good advise! So many searches, phone calls to different Sheriff Offices in NC and even the ATF and NC States Attorneys office but haven't gotten a clear answer to an important question!
Here goes: Im taking my 2 young daughters on our 1st backcountry camping and hiking adventure on August 22nd in the Smokey Mountain National Park! We are very excited for the trip. I have bear spray but will feel alot better in a worst case scenario if I can bring a firearm (I own a sig 10mm that I'd like to bring with us). I have sent away for my Florida concealed weapons permit but it might not arrive by the time of the trip. The Swain Country Sheriff's office has said I can legally open carry in the park, but I am worried that I may have been given incorrect information. I can't risk getting arrested for an illegal firearm and have my children taken into custody for incorrect information or ignorance on my part.
Can anyone help me understand the North Carolina laws better?
Thanks so much for any help given! So looking forward to this trip and want my daughters to fall in love with backpacking and hiking!!
Hoping I can get some good advise! So many searches, phone calls to different Sheriff Offices in NC and even the ATF and NC States Attorneys office but haven't gotten a clear answer to an important question!
Here goes: Im taking my 2 young daughters on our 1st backcountry camping and hiking adventure on August 22nd in the Smokey Mountain National Park! We are very excited for the trip. I have bear spray but will feel alot better in a worst case scenario if I can bring a firearm (I own a sig 10mm that I'd like to bring with us). I have sent away for my Florida concealed weapons permit but it might not arrive by the time of the trip. The Swain Country Sheriff's office has said I can legally open carry in the park, but I am worried that I may have been given incorrect information. I can't risk getting arrested for an illegal firearm and have my children taken into custody for incorrect information or ignorance on my part.
Can anyone help me understand the North Carolina laws better?
Thanks so much for any help given! So looking forward to this trip and want my daughters to fall in love with backpacking and hiking!!