Gun Permits

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Concealed Handgun Permit Requirements: must meet ALL requirements
Applicant Must:

-be a citizen or a naturalized citizen;
-be twenty-one (21) years of age;
-have attained at least one month’s residency (30 days) in Ashe County;
-not suffer from any mental or physical infirmity which would prevent safe -handgun handling and operation;
-provide a valid NC driver’s license or other NC picture ID with current address;
-successfully complete a firearms training and safety course that has been designed by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Standards Commission (See Yellow Pages or a firearms dealer for businesses that provide training).

A criminal background check is performed on each applicant before granting the permit. The processing of the concealed carry weapons permit takes much longer than the handgun purchase permit.

The Sheriff has forty-five (45) days from the time all application materials, to include receipt of the mental health records, are received to either issue or deny a permit. N.C. General Statute 14-415-15(a).

Anyone interested in applying for a concealed carry weapon permit must make an appointment online using this system. Prior to using this system, make sure you have the following information available.

-NC Driver’s license number
-NC Firearms Training Certificate Number (located at the bottom right corner of the certificate)

If you have a Law Enforcement Qualification (N.C.G.S § 14-415.12(A)), you MUST bring the following items with you in order to exempt you from taking the NC Firearms Safety Training Course:

1)  Firearms Qualification Scores that are within the last 12 months.
2)  A letter from your superior stating that you are not under any disciplinary action and are eligible to carry your weapon.
3)  Your law enforcement ID badge

A Concealed Handgun Permit requires a $90.00 non-refundable fee (which includes a $10.00 fingerprint fee) payable online using any major credit or debit card.

The Ashe County Sheriff’s Office is responsible for processing both Concealed Handgun Carry Permit applications and Pistol Purchase Permit applications.

Handgun Purchase Permit Requirements: 

Applicant Must Meet all of the Following Requirements:

-Be a citizen, a naturalized citizen or a resident alien;
-Be twenty-one (21) years of age;
-Have attained at least one month’s residency in Ashe County;
-Provide a valid driver’s license or other picture ID with current address provided by the State of North Carolina;
-Resident Aliens: Must bring a resident alien card, social security card and a NC driver’s license or NC ID card;
-Naturalized Citizens: Must bring your Naturalization Certificate or valid US Passport.

Applicant Must NOT:
-Must NOT be convicted of any felony, or similar offense in any jurisdiction or -currently under indictment for any felonious offense.
-Must NOT be a fugitive from justice.
-Must NOT be an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana, any depressant, stimulant or narcotic drug.
-Must NOT be adjudicated incompetent on grounds of mental illness, nor have been committed to any mental institution.
-Must NOT be convicted of a Domestic Violence Offense.
-Must NOT have unresolved criminal charges pending.
-Must NOT have a suspended driver’s license.
-Must NOT have a substantial history of convictions, arrests, or reports demonstrating a continuing pattern of criminal activity.
-Must NOT be discharged from the Armed Forces under dishonorable conditions.
-Must NOT be an illegal alien or unlawfully residing in the United States.
-Must NOT have been a citizen of the United States and renounced that citizenship.
-Must NOT have an active court order of protection (50B) that alleges any domestic threat or violence.

Please note that as part of the application process, you will authorize the Ashe County Clerk of Superior Court to inform the Ashe County Sheriff’s Office whether or not the Clerks’ records contain the information of any involuntary mental commitment proceeding under Article 5 of Chapter 122C of the General Statutes in which you have been named as a respondent. The purpose of this release is to enable the Sheriff to determine your qualification and competence to purchase and handle a handgun.

NC General Statute 14-315.1: Storage of firearms to protect minors

(a) Any person who resides in the same premises as a minor, owns or possesses a firearm, and stores or leaves the firearm (i) in a condition that the firearm can be discharged and (ii) in a manner that the person knew or should have known that an unsupervised minor would be able to gain access to the firearm, is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if a minor gains access to the firearm without the lawful permission of the minor’s parents or a person having charge of the minor and the minor:
Possesses it in violation of G.S. 14-269.2(b);
Exhibits it in a public place in a careless, angry, or threatening manner;
Causes personal injury or death with it not in self defense; or
Uses it in the commission of a crime.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person from carrying a firearm on his or her body, or placed in such close proximity that it can be used as easily and quickly as if carried on the body.
(c) This section shall not apply if the minor obtained the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person.
(d) “Minor” as used in this section means a person under 18 years of age who is not emancipated. (1993, c. 558, s. 2; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 14, s. 11.)

For More Information, Contact:
Penny Miller, Weapons Permits Specialist
Ashe County Sheriff’s Office
140 Government Circle
Jefferson, NC 28640
Phone: (336) 846-5632

For Technical Support, Contact:
Permitium Software
Email: help@permitium.com
Phone: (855) 642-2453