THE FLYOVER – State government lawyers are urging the North Carolina Supreme Court to reject an appeal filed by plaintiff Tim Oates challenging restrictions on Sunday hunting.
North Carolina banned firearm hunting on Sundays until 2017, when Gov. Roy Cooper signed House Bill 559, allowing it with some restrictions. Oates argues those restrictions violate North Carolinians’ constitutional right to hunt and fish based on an amendment voters passed in 2018.
The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a unanimous decision on April 16 upholding the General Assembly’s authority to impose such restrictions.
In a motion to dismiss filed Thursday, North Carolina Solicitor General Nick Brod wrote that “this right is not absolute” because it is subject to “laws enacted by the General Assembly.”