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February 6, 2023

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Editorial Cartoon – Crime and Gun Control

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HURST: Republicans need to come to the table on background checks, or risk Democrats passing anti-Second Amendment bill

May 20, 2021 Bobby Hurst

Republicans in North Carolina, and in Congress, are understandably on edge about Democrats trying to leverage tragedies to pass gun laws that are obviously infringements on our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. […]

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DOWD: Biden’s opening salvo in his war on guns

April 14, 2021 Roddey Dowd, Jr.

On April 8, no doubt hoping to divert attention from the immigration and humanitarian disaster it has engineered on our southern border, the Biden-Harris administration thought it was high time to announce its next progressive […]

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SHAPIRO: For the left, bigotry is a tool

March 24, 2021 Ben Shapiro

This week, a white man shot to death eight people in Atlanta-area spas, six of them Asian American. According to Atlanta police, the man said he was targeting brothels and blamed the women for his […]

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Democrats vow vote on gun bills; Biden says ‘we have to act’

March 23, 2021 Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats said Tuesday that they are pushing toward a vote on expanded gun control measures as the nation reels from its second mass shooting in a week. President Joe Biden said “we […]

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Advocates seek Biden push on gun bills, but prospects iffy

March 16, 2021 Alexandra Jaffe, Associated Press

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After President Joe Biden’s giant COVID-19 relief bill passed Congress, he made a prime-time address to the nation and presided over a Rose Garden ceremony. But there wasn’t so much as a […]

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Background checks, ammo and gun sales maintain record pace

February 17, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — In 2020, firearm-related background checks, ammunition sales and gun sales all saw record numbers. The pace has continued this year with a record number of background checks performed in January 2021, according to […]

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Gun rights advocates sue to block Virginia handgun sales law

June 17, 2020 The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Gun rights advocates are suing to block a Virginia law from taking effect that would ban people from being able to buy more than one handgun a month. The Virginia Citizens Defense […]

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Virginia Gov. Northam signs gun-control bills into law

April 13, 2020 Alan Suderman, Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed several new gun restrictions he championed during this year’s legislative session, cementing gains by gun control advocates they hope will serve as a “blueprint” for states […]

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Virginia lawmakers reject semi-automatic weapon ban

February 17, 2020 Alan Suderman, The Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of semi-automatic weapons failed on Monday after some of his fellow Democrats balked at the proposal. Senators voted to shelve the bill for […]

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