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Gun Laws

Durham event highlights gun safety with free locks

  • Jun 1
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Trump administration sues Denver over assault weapons ban

  • May 5

Opponents focus on possible override vote of concealed carry bill

  • Apr 28

DOJ charges man accused of selling gun to ODU shooter

  • Mar 13

NRA questions Trump admin. stance after deadly MN protest shooting

  • Jan 28

2nd Amendment debate: Comparisons drawn between Pretti, Rittenhouse

  • Jan 27

Arrest made in accidental shooting involving 4-year-old

  • Jan 7

Steve Kerr laments shooting at Brown, calls again for gun control laws

  • Dec 16, 2025

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Firearm storage calls renewed as school leaders prepare to welcome students

  • Aug 13, 2025
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NC House passes bill allowing concealed carry without a permit

  • Jun 11, 2025
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NC House set to vote on concealed carry permit bill

  • Jun 11, 2025
2:53

Legislators, advocates discuss conceal carry bills

  • May 7, 2025
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NC House committee takes up bill to allow permitless carry

  • Mar 20, 2025
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Lawmakers pass Constitutional carry bill out of committee

  • Mar 19, 2025
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How a Michigan school-shooting case could affect gun-owning NC parents

  • Feb 6, 2024
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Hearing on possible changes to NC concealed carry law

  • Nov 15, 2023

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Remembering the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 13 years later

On December 14, 2012, a gunman opened fired inside Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The shooting killed 20 first-grade students and six educators.

  • Dec 14, 2025

NC new laws include guns in private schools, SNAP work requirements, driving slow in left lane

Several new laws are in effect in NC as of Monday, December 1.

  • Dec 1, 2025

Durham mom charged in young son's accidental shooting appears in court

Court documents obtained by ABC11 allege that the 4-year-old grabbed his mother's unsecured pistol and accidentally shot himself.

  • Nov 18, 2025

4-year-old boy shoots himself after finding unsecured gun in Durham home, mother charged

The child accidentally shot himself with a gun that was not properly secured, according to police

  • Nov 18, 2025
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Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the justices to revive a case against a Texas man charged with a felony because he allegedly had a gun in his home and acknowledged being a regular pot user.

  • Oct 20, 2025