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OK, I hate to be a nitpicker here, but in NC, it's not's a "CCW". In this state it is a "CHP"--Concealed Handgun Permit". This is not just word-play and semantics. The permit issued in NC is ONLY applicable to firearms, specifically Handguns. IT does not allow you to carry other concealed weapons,and the Statue specifically states this...
If your friend in a VT resident, but is changing her residency to NC, she needs to get a NC CHP to CC in this state, no matter what other permits she has from any other state.
The bad news is the minute she officially becomes a NC resident (when she is issued her NC drivers license) any permit she was issued as a resident of another state becomes invalid for her to CC in NC.
The good news is, as a NC resident, when she DOES get her NC CHP, it is recognized by 30 other states (according to the NC AG website):
http://www.ncrpa.org/ccwfaq.htm
Just remember, CC is a little odd here in the Tarheel state. We still have a "restaurant ban" applied to any establishment that serves alcohol for consumption on premise, and you can't carry anywhere that charges admission (movie theaters, concerts, amusement parks, etc). And although cities can't ban CC or OC outright (with the exception of Cary, and the weird "gun size" restruction in Durham), they CAN enact statutes prohibiting carry on city property (like city parks and municipal centers), and ARE NOT required by state law to post such restrictions.
Here is what she needs to do, in order:
1) establish NC residency (get a NC drivers license)
2) take her CC certification class
3) get her NC CHP, and ask a LOT of questions during the class
4) contact her local City Manager or their offical "legal dept" and ask them
about local restrictions on OC/CC.
5) start carrying!
If your friend lives in Eastern NC (Greenville/Washington/Jacksonville) I know several VERY good instructors, and one in particular who is VERY successful in working with women. In the more "rural" areas, the local police and Sheriffs seem to be a LOT more open-minded about CC and OC. If she lives in one of the more "urban" parts of the state (the RTP area, or Charlotte, or gods forbid, the hippy enclave of Asheville!) the local "boys in blue" are not quite as amiable to CC/OC, and probably are also going to be more likely to run her an attitude just because she's a woman...
I don't MEAN nothin' by that. I'm just sayin'...
Good luck!