http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/HTML/H184v1.html

AN ACT to provide that a person elected to a public office in North Carolina or appointed to fill a vacancy in one of those offices who has a concealed handgun permit may carry a concealed handgun and may carry a pocket knife anywhere in the state while holding that office, unless otherwise prohibited by federal law.

Yep, the House is serious on this.  NCGS 14 Article 54B.  Go figure.  God help us.  I personally know several “elected public figures” I wouldn’t get in a car with because I question their mental capacity to drive a car—let alone find it necessary to legally allow them to carry a concealed weapon around anywhere in the State.