DURHAM, NC — An effort to get Durham officials to seek legislation that would require people buying ammunition to first obtain a permit has touched off a lobbying campaign by both supporters and opponents.
The Rev. Melvin Whitley of Durham has been lobbying to get what he calls the “Bullet Ownership Bill” on a list of legislation sought by Durham officials in the coming legislative session.
Among the bill’s provisions: required permits for buying ammunition and a prohibition on ammunition purchase by several classes of people, including convicted felons, drug addicts and the mentally ill.
