Gun Reform

Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Republican politicians don’t seem to care

By Alanna Joyner / May 26, 2022 / Comments Off on Most Americans want stricter gun laws. Republican politicians don’t seem to care

Tuesday, May 24 marked the 144th day of 2022, and there have been 214 recorded mass shootings this year alone. A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 children and two adults, marked the 27th school shooting this year. Following just 10 days after a shooting at a Tops supermarket in…

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NC GOP lawmakers support ‘Second Amendment sanctuaries,’ will attend Va. gun rally

By Alanna Joyner / January 17, 2020 / Comments Off on NC GOP lawmakers support ‘Second Amendment sanctuaries,’ will attend Va. gun rally

Republican state lawmakers showed their support for areas that declare themselves “Second Amendment sanctuaries” ahead of the Virginia gun rally against gun control proposals from the Virginia General Assembly’s new Democratic majority. Fifty members of the North Carolina House Republican caucus, including House Speaker Tim Moore, signed a letter circulated last Tuesday during the legislature’s…

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March For Our Lives to rally in Durham this weekend

By Eleanore Wood / August 20, 2017 / Comments Off on March For Our Lives to rally in Durham this weekend

Federal legislative change takes a long time, but 100 Americans are dying from gun violence every single day. That’s why we must push powerful and influential voices — who do not reside in gerrymandered Congressional districts — to do everything they can to build safer communities with fewer guns.  That’s why gun safety groups March…

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