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Setting benchmarks

by Thomas Mills | Jul 27, 2013 | Economic Development, Economy, Editor's Blog, Education, Gun Control, Politics, Tax Reform, Voting Rights | 3 comments

Back in May, Greg Lacour said in Charlotte Magazine that North Carolina was becoming a petri dish for the American far right. He’s exactly right and now, we know for certain how far they will take us. They did damage but they are not finished. They have not eliminated...

Targeting Gabby

by Matt Phillippi | Jul 8, 2013 | Features, Gun Control, Issues | 4 comments

This weekend Gabby Giffords and her Husband Mark Kelly brought their “Rights and Responsibilities” tour to Raleigh. In an effort to bridge the gap and start a conversation they had a clay shooting day at a local gun range followed by a roundtable discussion on gun...

North Carolina’s new cash crop

by Matt Phillippi | Jun 14, 2013 | Features, Gun Control, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP

Today is the 6-month anniversary of the Newtown Massacre. In the wake of all of the recent gun violence, the North Carolina General Assembly has decided to take bold action. Unfortunately the action they’ve decided to take is entirely in the wrong direction. ...

Striking Nerves

by Alexander H. Jones | May 13, 2013 | Gun Control

My observation that the GA wants to allow lethal weaponry on greenways struck nerves with conservative commenters. Their umbrage is overblown. Firearms caused 335 of the 489 murders in North Carolina in 2011. The next most popular weapon, knives, caused “only” sixty...

Owning gun violence

by Thomas Mills | May 13, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control, NC Politics, NCGOP

Let me start by saying that I grew up with guns and I still own one. I don’t believe that we should make guns illegal or repeal the Second Amendment. Not many people do. I do believe that we should use common sense to protect the public. That said, with their position...

A self-inflicted gunshot wound

by Thomas Mills | May 7, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Gun Control, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP | 1 comment

This past weekend, N. C. House Speaker Thom Tillis posted a message on his Facebook page warning his Republican colleagues about overreaching. Then, Monday evening, the caucus he obviously can’t control did just that. They passed a sweeping bill that would allow guns...