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Politics & Government
6:59 am
Fri June 14, 2013

Senate Passes Handgun Bill

Credit Dave DeWitt

State senators have passed a measure that would do away with handgun permits and add more places people can carry or store firearms.

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Law
5:11 pm
Fri May 10, 2013

Mothers Rally To Fight Gun Violence

Credit Megathon Charlie via Flickr, Creative Commons

Mothers across North Carolina are marching and speaking out at events tomorrow to raise awareness of how gun violence affects families. Joslyn Simms, who lost her son Rayburn to gun violence eight years ago this month, will be speaking at tomorrow's rally in Durham.

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Politics & Government
7:12 am
Tue May 7, 2013

House Lawmakers Tentatively Approve Relaxing Gun Laws

Credit Jessica Jones

State house lawmakers have given tentative approval to a bill that would allow concealed weapons on college campuses, at sporting events and in businesses serving alcohol, among other places.

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The State of Things
10:46 am
Tue March 26, 2013

Son’s Death Spurs Mother To Fight Violence

Credit mothersincharge.org
Khaaliq Johnson

  • Host Frank Stasio talks to Dorothy Johnson-Speight about her organization Mothers In Charge

When Dorothy Johnson-Speight’s son Khaaliq was killed in 2001, she thought her life was over. He wasn’t the first child she lost – her 3-year-old daughter had died almost 15 years to the day before
Khaaliq’s murder -- but he was the first child lost to violence, and his death shook her.

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