similar NC legislation killed by Phil Berger last session in NC Senate
Published: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 @ 8:25 am
By: John Steed
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Nationally syndicated radio host Dana Loesch tore into President Joe Biden’s recent comments about firearms, accusing him of delivering “the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard a politician say about guns.”
Published: Monday, June 26th, 2023 @ 5:55 pm
By: Daily Wire
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RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced the NC S.A.F.E. (Secure All Firearms Effectively) initiative to urge North Carolinians to take action to safely store their firearms and save lives.
Published: Sunday, June 25th, 2023 @ 8:37 am
By: Governor's Office
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A federal appeals court ruled on Friday against a ban on bump stocks put in place during the Trump administration after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting.
Published: Tuesday, January 10th, 2023 @ 1:17 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Plans lay out public health actions to reduce firearm injury and death
Published: Sunday, November 20th, 2022 @ 9:01 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Enforcer of gun laws?
Published: Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 @ 11:09 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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As students head back to campus this month, school safety is a growing part of the equation facing administrators and parents.
Published: Wednesday, August 10th, 2022 @ 11:59 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Steve Daines (R-MT), Josh Hawley (R-MO), John Kennedy (R-LA), John Thune (R-SD), and Todd Young (R-IN) introduced the Stop Gun Criminals Act
Published: Wednesday, June 15th, 2022 @ 9:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Loss of 2nd amendment rights
Published: Friday, April 22nd, 2022 @ 6:11 am
By: Countrygirl1411
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A small Texas school district with an enrollment of roughly 1200 is now permitting some of the teachers to carry firearms to protect the students.
Published: Thursday, March 10th, 2022 @ 10:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Biden admin new crackdown on firearms
Published: Thursday, November 11th, 2021 @ 2:08 pm
By: Countrygirl1411
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Background checks for gun sales soared to an all-time record in March, reportedly spurred on by President Joe Biden’s threats to increase federal gun regulations, and by a wave of $1400 COVID-19 stimulus checks.
Published: Saturday, April 10th, 2021 @ 2:56 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Sturm, Ruger & Company Will Invest $10 Million in Rockingham County
Published: Monday, December 7th, 2020 @ 1:01 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Gerald Baker’s recent decision to suspend applications for pistols and concealed carry firearms until April 30 is both ill-conceived and illegal.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2020 @ 2:11 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Democrat presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke signaled he was open to the idea of banning all semi-automatic firearms on Thursday after he gave a speech in Colorado highlighting his gun confiscation plan.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2019 @ 3:53 am
By: Daily Wire
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Patrick Henry to the Virginia Convention to Ratify the US Constitution, in June 1788: "The great object is that every man be armed."
Published: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 @ 7:04 am
By: Diane Rufino
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Senator Shirley Randleman and I filed Senate Bill 157 (Amend Laws Regarding Mental Commitment Bars) to address the issue of individuals who might have suffered from a major medical accident/event such as an aneurysm, major heart attack, stroke, car accident, and are not able to purchase a firearm up
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 7:46 pm
By: Bill Cook
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It's flattering when the executive editor of the News & Observer calls to ask if he could meet me to discuss a column I'd written
Published: Tuesday, December 27th, 2016 @ 3:19 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Fear of gang violence helped pass the Federal Firearms Act of 1938. That law curbed the use of the infamous sub-machine gun, silencers and the like
Published: Monday, August 22nd, 2016 @ 12:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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After you have reconciled your need to own or carry a gun for self-defense, it becomes just a tool.
Published: Friday, April 8th, 2016 @ 9:33 am
By: Bobby Tony
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On December 21st, 2015 at approximately 12:20 PM, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle near John Small Avenue in Washington, for an expired registration.
Published: Wednesday, January 13th, 2016 @ 2:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On July 25, 2015, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received numerous reports of a Breaking & Entering and Larceny that occurred at multiple residences in Bath, and Harvey Road in Washington
Published: Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 @ 1:47 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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On February 23 around 9 am Washington Police responded to an armed robbery of Washington Coins and Pawn located at 828 Washington Plaza.
Published: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 1:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Applications are now being accepted for the Basic Law Enforcement Training Day Academy at Beaufort County Community College that will begin in January, college officials announced this week.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2014 @ 12:06 am
By: Judy Jennette
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The Durham gun owner registry may have been repealed during the short session of the General Assembly, but gun advocates remain uneasy about the fate of the personal (and public) records of those who registered firearms.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 9:46 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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On December 19th, 2013, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of Breaking & Entering and Larceny from a residence on Hassell Avenue in Washington, NC. Deputies responded to the scene and learned that several firearms were stolen from the residence.
Published: Thursday, April 17th, 2014 @ 3:33 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am writing to reassure you that there is no connection whatsoever between the Civitas Institute and a newspaper chain that reportedly was planning to create a nationwide database of people with legal permits to carry concealed firearms.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 6:19 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Governor Pat McCrory and North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker announced today that Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc. will establish a new manufacturing facility in Rockingham County.
Published: Thursday, August 15th, 2013 @ 1:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Investigator Brad Shakelford applied for and obtained warrants charging Johnny Ray Fillingame with Possession of Firearm by Felon and Possession of Firearm with Altered Serial Number and Angela Gail Fillingame with Possession of Firearm with Altered Serial Number.
Published: Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Though the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the right of individual citizens to possess firearms under the Second Amendment, the N.C. Court of Appeals says this right does not cover concealed weapons. North Carolina is not the only state to reach this conclusion.
Published: Thursday, December 6th, 2012 @ 8:30 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Americans have a constitutional right to bear arms or, in modern language, to own and keep guns.
Published: Saturday, August 25th, 2012 @ 4:51 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Congress of the United States has cited Eric Holder, the Attorney General of the United States, in CONTEMPT for lying and withholding information that would help uncover the truth in the Fast and Furious scandal.
Published: Monday, July 16th, 2012 @ 9:39 pm
By: Marvin Sparks
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