a)  The applicant is a citizen of the United States and has been a resident of the State of North Carolina 30 days or longer immediately preceding the filing of the concealed carry application.

b)  The applicant is 21 years of age or older.

 f)  The applicant is not under indictment or against whom a finding of probable cause exist for a felony.

g)  The applicant has not been adjudicated guilty of a felony,

h) The applicant is not a fugitive from justice.

i)  The applicant is not an unlawful user, or addicted to marijuana, alcohol, or any depressant, stimulant, or narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance as defined in 21 USC § 802.

j)  The applicant is not currently or has been previously adjudicated by a court or administratively determined by a governmental agency whose decisions are subject to judicial review to be, lacking mental capacity or mentally ill. Consultative services or outpatient treatment alone shall not disqualify an applicant.

k)  The applicant has not been discharged from the armed forces under less than honorable conditions.

j)  The applicant has not been adjudicated guilty of or received a prayer for judgment continued or suspended sentence for one or more crimes of violence constituting a misdemeanor under Article 8 of Chapter 14 of the North Carolina General Statutes or a violation of any of the following misdemeanors:

14-225.2: Harassment of and communication with jurors. 14-226.1: Violating orders of court. 14-258.1: Furnishing poison, controlled substances, deadly weapons, cartridges, ammunition or alcoholic beverages to inmates of charitable, mental or penal institutions or local confinement facilities. 14-269.2: Weapons on campus or other educational property. 14-269.3: Carrying weapons into assemblies and establishments where alcoholic beverages are sold and consumed 14-269.4: Weapons on State property and in courthouses 14-269.6: Possession and sale of spring-loaded projectile knives prohibited. 14-276.1: Impersonation of firemen or emergency medical services personnel. 14-277: Impersonation of a law-enforcement or other public officer. 14-277.1: Communicating threats. 14-277.2: Weapons at parades, etc., prohibited. 14-277.3: Stalking. 14-281.1: Throwing, dropping, etc., objects at sporting events. 14-283: Exploding dynamite cartridges and bombs. 14-288.2: Riot, inciting to riot, punishments. 14-288.4(a)(l) or (2) : Disorderly conduct. 14-288.6: Looting; trespass during emergency. 14-288.9: Assault on emergency personnel, punishments. 14-288.12: Powers of municipalities to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergency. 14-288.13: Powers of counties to enact ordinances to deal with states of emergencies 14-288.14: Power of chairman of board of county commissioners to extend emergency restrictions imposed in municipality. 14-318.2: Child Abuse a Class 1 misdemeanor. 14-415.21(b): Carrying a concealed handgun without the permit in the person's possession or fails to disclose to a law enforcement officer that they have a permit and are carrying a handgun.

m) The applicant does not have a prayer for judgment continued for a criminal offense which would disqualify the person from obtaining a concealed handgun permit.

n) The person is not free on bond or personal recognizance pending trail, appeal, or sentencing for a crime which would disqualify him/her from obtaining a concealed handgun permit.

o) The applicant has not been convicted of an impaired driving offense under any of the following General Statutes with the three years prior to the date on which the application is submitted: