N.C.P.I.—Crim. 235.17

NOTE WELL: As to the curricular or extracurricular activity

sponsored by a school prohibition, this crime became effective

for offenses committed on or after December 1, 1999.

NOTE WELL: Amended G.S. 14-269.2(k) adds exemptions for the

offense of carrying or possessing weapons on educational

property for (1) a person who has a valid concealed handgun

permit under Article 54B Ch. 14, (2) a person who is exempted

from having a permit under that Article, or (3) a person who has

a handgun in a closed compartment or container within the

person’s locked vehicle or in a locked container securely affixed

to the person’s vehicle. A person may unlock the vehicle to enter

or exit the vehicle provided the firearm remains in the closed

compartment at all times and the vehicle is locked immediately

following the entrance or exit.

The defendant has been charged with knowingly [carrying]

[possessing] a weapon [on educational property] [at a curricular or

extracurricular activity sponsored by a school].1 2 3 4

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove two things beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, that the defendant knowingly [carried]5 [possessed]6 a (name

weapon).

And Second, that the defendant was knowingly7 [on educational

property] [at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school].8

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date, the defendant knowingly [carried] [possessed] a

(describe weapon) and that the defendant knowingly was [on educational

property] [at a curricular or extracurricular activity sponsored by a school],

it would be your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or

have a reasonable doubt as to one or both of these things, it would be your

duty to return a verdict of not guilty.