According to Firearm Chronicles
A bill that would allow concealed carry holders to attend church services held on properties where a private school is located was vetoed by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper last week, but the Republican Speaker of the House says there are enough votes in the legislature to override the governor’s objections.
House Bill 652 would allow concealed permit holders to lawfully carry during services held at private schools, as long as classes are not in session and the property owner has given approval of the practice. Already in North Carolina concealed carry holders are legally allowed to carry in freestanding churches across the state, so this bill is really a minor fix, though it does also contain a provision that would allow non-police first responders to lawfully carry when they are working with SWAT teams and other police agencies.
Cooper didn’t mention that provision when he vetoed the bill, however. Instead, he said the bill “threatens the safety of students and teachers,” even though the bill has nothing to do with firearms in an actual school environment with students present. Now it sounds like House Speaker Tim Moore wants to try to override the governor’s veto. From the Charlotte Observer:
In a statement, Moore referred to earlier pandemic restrictions on attendance at indoor church services in North Carolina, which a federal judge blocked in May.
“After unconstitutionally denying churchgoers the right to worship freely until a federal judge ordered him to permit religious services, Governor Cooper now refuses those same North Carolinians their 2nd amendment rights to protect themselves by vetoing a strongly bipartisan bill,” Moore said in the statement.