7-year-old dies in 3rd case of gun violence against North Carolina children this week Mark Price, The Charlotte Observer
Apr. 22 A 7-year-old boy was shot and killed Wednesday in Hickory, North Carolina the third time in two days a child under 10 was hit by gunfire in the state.
The other two cases Wednesday in Shelby and Tuesday in Apex resulted in children being hospitalized with serious injuries, officials say.
Hickory police identified the latest victim as Zakylen Greylen Harris, who died at Catawba Valley Medical Center.
The shooting happened around 11:12 p.m. Wednesday in the 1900 block of Tate Boulevard, a commercial area in southeast Hickory, police said in a release. Hickory is about 55 miles northwest of Charlotte.
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Apr. 21 RALEIGH A longtime North Carolina law requiring pistol purchase permits could be repealed under a new version of a bill that advanced through a House committee on Tuesday.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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On April 7
th, Senate Bill 687 was filed, to legalize acquiring handguns without having to first apply for a permit.
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U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- On April 7
th, Senate Bill 687 was filed, to legalize acquiring handguns without having to first apply for a permit. It is currently in the Committee On Rules and Operations of the Senate for consideration.
Senate Bill 687 repeals the statute that requires law-abiding citizens to obtain pistol purchase permits to acquire handguns. The pistol purchase permit was created before modern, computerized background checks existed. The federal NICS checks that licensed firearms dealers to conduct are often completed in minutes. This relic that is the pistol purchase permit now only serves as a time barrier, an unnecessary fee, and a general inconvenience to the exercise of the Second Amendment.