North Carolina penalizes any person who knowingly solicits, persuades, encourages, or entices a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition to transfer a firearm or ammunition under circumstances that the person knows would violate the laws of this State or the United States.1 The law also penalizes any person who provides to a licensed dealer or private seller of firearms or ammunition information that the person knows to be materially false information with the intent to deceive the dealer or seller about the legality of a transfer of a firearm or ammunition.2 Any person who willfully procures another to engage in conduct prohibited by this law may be held accountable as a principal.3
It is unlawful for any person to alter, deface, destroy, or remove the permanent serial number, manufacturer’s identification plate, or other permanent distinguishing number or identification mark from any firearm with the intent thereby to conceal or misrepresent the identity of the firearm.4 It is also unlawful for any person knowingly to sell, buy, or be in possession of any firearm on which the permanent serial number, manufacturer’s identification plate, or other permanent distinguishing number or identification mark has been altered, defaced, destroyed, or removed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the firearm.5
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