NC would end pistol permits under bill moving through House Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
Apr. 21 RALEIGH A longtime North Carolina law requiring pistol purchase permits could be repealed under a new version of a bill that advanced through a House committee on Tuesday.
The law requires buyers of handguns to obtain a permit from a local sheriff and undergo a background check. Rep. Jay Adams, a Hickory Republican and lead sponsor of the bill, called the law obsolete and said the emphasis should be on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Eddie Caldwell Jr., executive vice president and general counsel of the North Carolina Sheriffs Association, said the group previously opposed the repeal but that times have changed as the national system has improved.
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TIM MOORE STRIPS JULIA HOWARD OF CHAIRMANSHIP AFTER ETHICS TUSSLE: The move comes after Howard, one of the longest-serving members of North Carolina’s General Assembly, publicly opposed a bill that was backed by Moore and would benefit some North Carolina lawmakers who received federal coronavirus relief money from the Paycheck Protection Program. The bill, if signed into law, would give tax breaks to businesses that received those loans, including dozens of lawmakers’ businesses. By revoking Howard’s chairmanship, Moore acted swiftly to punish a challenge to his control. With the legislature sharply divided along party lines, infighting in the speaker’s party presents a challenge to his ability to advance his, and his party’s, agenda.
Spa shooting victim recounts coming face-to-face with shooter
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Elcias Hernandez Ortiz remembers the moment he begged for his life before he was shot.
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. - It s been more than one month since a Woodstock man allegedly entered three Atlanta-area spas and opened fire, claiming eight lives.
One victim who narrowly escaped with his life spoke to FOX 5 Atlanta s Patty Pan about surviving being shot in the head inside Youngs Asian Massage in Cherokee County.
Elcias Hernandez Ortiz said through his lawyer and translator Doug Rohan he begged the shooter for his life before he was shot in the head and miraculously survived.
Air Force argues Sutherland Springs gunman and Academy Sports should be responsible for mass shooting
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Joe Tisdale, whose mother, substitute teacher Cynthia Tisdale, was killed at Santa Fe High School, visits the memorial at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs on Saturday, June 22, 2019.Lisa Krantz, Staff photographer / Lisa Krantz
The federal government admitted at a trial Tuesday that the Air Force failed to flag the violent past of a gunman who went on to massacre 26 people in Sutherland Springs, but the government lawyer argued that the shooter should bear most, if not all, the responsibility for the deaths.
The families and survivors of the mass shooting sued the Air Force, arguing that the government should bear most of the responsibility 65 to 70 percent for failing to report disgraced airman Devin Kelley’s domestic violence conviction to a national database that gun dealers check during firearms purchases.
Who’s to blame when a mass shooter shouldn’t have been able to buy his guns?
Law enforcement officials continue t investigate the scene of a 2017 shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas. Devin Kelley opened fire inside the church in the small South Texas community on Nov. 5, killing more than two dozen and injuring others. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SAN ANTONIO (CN) A federal judge in San Antonio must determine whether the victims of a mass shooting can hold the federal government responsible for the deaths and injuries caused by a gunman who shouldn’t have passed his federally mandated background check when he bought the murder weapons.