§ 14-315.1. Storage of firearms to protect minors. - North Carolina Statutes

§14‑315.1.  Storage of firearms to protect minors.

(a)        Any person whoresides in the same premises as a minor, owns or possesses a firearm, andstores or leaves the firearm (i) in a condition that the firearm can bedischarged and (ii) in a manner that the person knew or should have known thatan unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is guilty ofa Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor gains access to the firearm without the lawfulpermission of the minor's parents or a person having charge of the minor andthe minor:

(1)        Possesses it inviolation of G.S. 14‑269.2(b);

(2)        Exhibits it in apublic place in a careless, angry, or threatening manner;

(3)        Causes personalinjury or death with it not in self defense; or

(4)        Uses it in thecommission of a crime.

(b)        Nothing in thissection shall prohibit a person from carrying a firearm on his or her body, orplaced in such close proximity that it can be used as easily and quickly as ifcarried on the body.

(c)        This section shallnot apply if the minor obtained the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry byany person.

(d)        "Minor"as used in this section means a person under 18 years of age who is notemancipated. (1993, c. 558, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 11.)