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OPINION: Above the law
Madison Cawthorn has learned one lesson of the Trump era well: Republican politicians are above the law.
OPINION: Majority of states will have constitutional carry before North Carolina
The likelihood of over half of states securing constitutional carry before North Carolina is all but inevitable now. Alabama and Ohio passed constitutional carry this month, and Georgia, Indiana, and Nebraska are close. Gov. Mike DeWine’s signature in Ohio makes it the 23rd state. Constitutional carry, based on Vermont’s state constitution, simply means that if one can legally own a firearm, they should be able to carry that firearm concealed or not. (North Carolina allows for open carry). Simply put, free citizens shouldn’t be required to pay fees and receive a permission slip for an inherent right enshrined in the Bill of Rights.
Farm Credit Associations of North Carolina support FFA and 4-H through sporting clays events
STATESVILLE — Carolina Farm Credit, Cape Fear Farm Credit, and AgCarolina Farm Credit are proud to be hosting the fifth annual Pull for Youth Sporting Clays events benefitting NC 4-H and FFA.
Cooper, Winston-Salem officials address mental health, gun issues after shooting
The shooting death of a student at Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem this week brought local and state leaders together Thursday in mourning and to recognize the heroism of local police and faculty. Gov. Roy Cooper traveled to Winston Salem for the news conference and took the opportunity to call for more school spending on “wraparound services” and more gun control measures.
OPINION: Cooper’s veto of racist gun law repeal would be one of his worst
Gov. Roy Cooper is closing in on 60 vetoes since he took office, but few will be lower than his impending veto to repeal the Jim Crow-era pistol permit system. A law in North Carolina for over 100 years, there is plenty of evidence the legislation was implemented in 1919 to keep blacks unarmed.
OPINION: Court decisions should prompt General Assembly on Second Amendment
Despite corporate media and many politicians clamoring for more gun control measures, an inherent right continues to expand in much of the nation today.
Hudson bashes proposed new federal gun regulation
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson took aim this week at a proposed federal regulation that targets pistol stabilizing braces. Hudson led a Capitol Hill news conference Tuesday drawing attention to the issue.
Cooper vetoes bill allowing guns in churches on school campuses
RALIEGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry guns in a church located on a private school campus when school was not in session. The bill also would have expanded concealed carry protection to more law enforcement employees.
OPINION: The 'Thin Blue Line' between you and your guns
People tell me all the time local cops would never enforce any kind of federal gun grab. I call B.S.
General Assembly to again consider expanding gun rights in churches
RALEIGH — The General Assembly is again considering a mild expansion of gun rights in this legislative session, a year after Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a similar Second Amendment bill.