Not related to Mr. Connors.. but to gun registration and permits...
In North Carolina, back in 1937 a purely racist local law was established by the legislature to force handgun registration for one county, Durham County, NC.
This was the only place in North Carolina where you had to register your guns. The law was only enforced when people of a certain race were apprehended and carrying a handgun. The way the law was worded, anyone driving through the county - even on the Interstate - that had a Concealed Carry permit or otherwise still had to register themselves and their gun in Durham County. It was an impractical law.
Working with the Legislature a few years ago, GRNC got agreement to get this law repealed and off the books. It was so old that the text of the law was not available online, and I had to go down to the law library at the capitol to get a photocopy of it's text so that the language could be crafted to repeal it.
Here's a video of the shredding of the registry after the law was repealed:
Prior to repeal, someone sent a photocopy of the handgun registration card for a legislator from Durham that was one of the most anti-gun politicians ever to serve in the legislature. Seemed that he carried a S&W J Frame revolver...