You can hunt deer with 22lr if you want to in NC. Ethical??? Legal.....YES!

Pistol is legal in NC!

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Now legal in Colorado.  They used to have a minimum cartridge length they recently eliminated.  Regs are now 4" barrel minimum, 6mm or larger, no shoulder stocks or attachments, and minimum 550ft lbs energy at 50 yards.