RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed his first bills on Friday, blocking for now Republican legislation that would let adults carry concealed handguns without a permit and make state agencies and local sheriffs more active in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.

North Carolina's Democratic Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a bill Friday that would get rid of the law requiring permits to carry concealed handguns. The measure now goes back to the Republican-controlled General Assembly,

Democratic North Carolina Governor Josh Stein vetoed the first bills of his term, all of them primarily backed by the state's Republican-majority General Assembly.