New N.C. laws take effect Dec. 1

North Carolina laws taking effect Monday will add protections for Venus flytraps, let children in eight counties shoot BB guns unsupervised and allow criminal defendants statewide to have their case decided by a judge instead of a jury,
Posted 11/30/2014, 11:25:10 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:50:33 PM

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING

THE SOURCE OF THE ALL.

>>> FROM REGULATIONS ON BIBI

GUNS AND DRONES TO THE ROLE OF

JUDGES AND JURIES, A WHOLE

BATCH OF STATE LAWS HITS THE

BOOKS TOMORROW.

DECEMBER 1st IS WHEN NEW LAWS

DEALING WITH CRIME AND PUBLIC

SAFETY GOES INTO EFFECT.

BRYAN MIMS SHOWS US HOW THE

CHANGES WILL AFFECT US AND A

PECULIAR PLANT.

>> HELP YOURSELF TO A BUG

EATING PLANT AND A STATE LAW

WILL BITE BACK WITH SHARPER

TEETH.

IT'S NOW A FELONY TO STEAL A

VENUS FLY TRAP, AND NATIVE

NOWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

PLUCK ONE OF THESE WONDERS FROM

THE BACKWOODS AND THE DOOR

COULD SHUT DOWN ON YOU, OR AT

LEAST A HEFTY FAN.

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED THIS

YEAR FOR STEALING 300 FLY TRAP.

>> THERE IS A MARKET TO SELL

THESE PLANTS, WHEN YOU'RE

TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY STEALING

A THOUSAND PLANTS, THAT BECOMES

MONEY.

>> IF YOU ARE CHARGED WITH

POACHING OR ANY OTHER CRIME,

YOU HAVE THE ONGOING TO LET A

JUDGE BE THE JUDGE OF YOUR

GUILT OR INNOCENCE.

BENCH TRIAL SUPPORTERS SAY ARE

FASTER, CHEAPER AND EVERY OTHER

STATE HAS THE OPTION.

IF YOU END UP IN PRISON,

THERE'S NO SMOKING, BUT YOU CAN

USE E-CIGARETTES.

PRISONS ARE ALLOWED TO SELL OR

GIVE THEM TO INMATES.

IF THERE'S A CELL PHONE IN YOUR

CELL OR IF YOU GIVE AN INMATE A

CELL PHONE YOU'LL BE CHARGED

WITH A FELONY.

IT'S A LAW CALLED FOR AFTER THE

KIDNAPPING OF A WAKE COUNTY

PROSECUTOR'S FATHER THIS YEAR.

INVESTIGATORS SAY AN INMATE

ORCHESTRATED THE PLOT WITH A

CONTRABAND CELL PHONE.

THERE'S A NEW LAW ON DRONES.

IF YOU'RE AN ANIMAL RIGHTS

ACTIVIST, YOU CANNOT USE THEM

TO SPY ON HUNTERS, AND ON BIBI

GUN, IN 8 COUNTIES, INCLUDING

CUMBERLAND, KIDS UNDER 12 NO

LONGER NEED A GROWN UP AROUND

TO USE ONE.

ADULT SUPERVISION ISN'T

REQUIRED IN MOST COUNTIES

ALREADY.

THERE YOU HAVE IT, SOME LAWS

COME WITH A LOOSER GRIP WHILE

OTHERS CLAMP DOWN.

BRYAN MIMS WRAL NEWS, RALEIGH.

>> VERY INTERESTING.

ANOTHER NEW LAW INCLUDES

HARSHER PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE

CAUGHT MULTIPLE TIMES CARRYING

A CONCEALED FIREARM WITHOUT A

PERMIT.

FIND MORE INFORMATION ON THE

NEW LAWS ON OUR WEB SITE AT

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