Greensboro News & Record columnist Doug Clark is hardly a fan of the Second Amendment, so it is noteworthy when he points out that Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens ignored state law when he banned concealed carry at the North Carolina State Fair. I’m not sympathetic to the firearms-everywhere gun-rights group Grass Roots North Carolina, but this time I think it has a point.

Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens pretty much ignored the intent of the law when he ruled yesterday that Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler can ban concealed handguns from the State Fair.

GRNC President Paul Valone issued a statement this morning …read more