Two men leaving the North Carolina State Fair were robbed at gunpoint last night as they left the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh, NC. Police say the victims were walking to their vehicles after returning from the North Carolina State Fair around 11:30 p.m. when the armed men approached them and stole their wallets. No one[…]...
WASHINGTON — A Superior Court judge gave N.C. State University trustee Ronald Prestage a 30-day suspended sentence Tuesday after the pork and poultry executive pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for trying to carry a loaded handgun into a congressional office building in July. Prestage, 59, had faced up to five years in prison and a fine of[…]...
The Force Science Research Center at Minnesota State University recently brought my attention to some research done at the University of Fresno by psychology professor Dr. Matthew Sharps and his colleague, Adam Hess. They wanted to explore how people with no firearms or law enforcement experience would judge the use of force in various situations. Why should[…]
Avery County Commissioners met in regular session on Monday, Oct. 6, to make board appointments, hear regular reports, and vote on an ordinance regulating concealed weapons in local government buildings. Interim County Manager Woody Young introduced an ordinance to regulate concealed weapons in local government buildings and recreational facilities. Thirteen meeting attendees, many wearing hunting camouflage, signed[…]...
On Monday, Judge Donald Stevens made the decision to uphold the concealed weapons ban at the North Carolina State Fair, according to the News & Observer. This decision will be in effect for this year’s State Fair, which opens on Thursday. Grass Roots North Carolina, a nonprofit and all-volunteer organization that advocates for the protection of the[…]...
How do you measure a year? For parents, it’s often in milestones in our children’s lives: the first day of school, birthday celebrations, a first lost tooth. But for too many parents in this country, a year is measured in the days since they lost their children to gun violence. Dec. 14, 2012, was the last straw[…]...