guns

a file photo of police tape blocking off a neighborhood where a mass shooting occurred in October 2022

Courts

Raleigh mass shooting suspect faces 5 murder charges as his case moves to adult court

8:05am October 05, 2023

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

A teenager is facing murder charges in adult court nearly one year after police say the youth killed five people and injured two others in a shooting rampage that rocked his quiet neighborhood in North Carolina’s capital city.

Students gather holding a sign that reads "This is our reality."

University of North Carolina students rally for gun safety after fatal shooting of faculty member

8:55am September 01, 2023

by Associated Press

A shooting that left a faculty member dead and frightened students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has galvanized gun safety advocates and local Democrats, who rallied the grievi

Politics & Government

State launches safe firearms storage campaign

10:05am May 19, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina has launched an initiative to raise awareness about safe firearm storage.

Crime

Mother and her three children died in Winston-Salem shooting

5:03pm April 11, 2023

by WFDD staff

A shooting in Winston-Salem on Tuesday left four people dead.

Permit to buy handgun no longer required in North Carolina

2:03pm March 29, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina residents can now buy a handgun without getting a permit from a local sheriff, after the Republican-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode the Democratic governor's veto — a first since 2018.

Politics & Government

Cooper vetoes bill eliminating pistol purchase permit system

9:13am March 25, 2023

by Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Republican gun legislation Friday that would no longer require sheriff approval before someone can purchase a handgun, initiating his first showdown of the session with an increased — and nearly veto-proof — GOP majority.

N. Carolina House sends pistol permit bill to Cooper's desk

12:32pm March 16, 2023

by Associated Press

North Carolina's House sent a sweeping firearms bill to the governor's desk on Wednesday that would discard a longstanding requirement that handgun buyers obtain a permit from their county sheriff.

Rep. Allen Chesser and Rep. Allison Dahle speak during a committee meeting

North Carolina House votes to end pistol permit requirements

2:01pm February 23, 2023

by Associated Press

House Republicans in North Carolina voted Wednesday to toss out a longstanding requirement that handgun buyers first obtain a permit from their county sheriff, disregarding Democrats' concerns that

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply rooted in American culture. But for most of U.S. history, there was little legal framework to support any such interpretation of the Second Amendment. Above, a man aims his pistol

National

The 'Gun Dude' and a Supreme Court case that changed who can own firearms in the U.S.

9:00am August 14, 2022

by Scott Neuman

An individual right to own a gun for personal protection is an idea deeply ingrained in American culture, but until Dick Heller came along, there was little actual legal framework to back that belief.

A visitor holds a weapon during the Shot Fair Brasil, an arms exhibition held at the Expoville Conventions and Exhibitions Center in Joinville, Santa Catarina state, Brazil, on Aug. 5.

World News

Brazil's firearm ownership booms, and gun laws loosen, under President Bolsonaro

5:10pm August 13, 2022

by John Otis

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has issued more than a dozen decrees in favor of Brazilians' right to bear arms. Sales have spiked and gun shops and shooting ranges have opened up all over Brazil.