State of North Carolina Archives: on Gun Control
Alma Adams:
Start by having some common sense gun laws
We must do more to combat rising crime rates in America. It starts by having some common sense gun laws.Gun control legislation is essential to fighting crime, protecting our citizens, and reducing dangers our law enforcement face each day.
Congress needs to ban certain high powered assault weapons, close the gun show loophole, require background checks for purchases of firearms, and improve the tracking of firearms in our country.
Source: 2014 N.C. House campaign website, AlmaAdamsForCongress.com
Aug 31, 2014
Cheri Beasley:
Implement common sense gun safety measures, close loopholes
Cheri believes that we must keep our children and communities safe by also implementing common sense gun safety measures like universal background checks, encouraging safe storage and closing loopholes to prevent domestic abusers and those with
mental health issues from being able to obtain a gun. We must also do more to stop the plague of mass shootings across our communities by keeping combat-style weapons and high-capacity magazines off our streets and away from our schools.
Source: 2022 N.C. Senate campaign website CheriBeasley.com
Dec 1, 2021
Marjorie K. Eastman:
Keep guns out of hands of criminals; preserve 2nd Amendment
Our Founding Fathers could not have been any more explicit--the right to bear arms is a cornerstone of American freedom and shall not be infringed. With this freedom, we are able to protect ourselves and our families more effectively than the federal
government could ever dream to protect us. Marjorie will work to preserve the 2nd Amendment while taking meaningful action to keep guns out of the hands of criminals to keep our communities safe.
Source: 2021 N.C. Senate campaign website MarjorieKEastman.com
Oct 20, 2021
Paul Wright:
Right to bear arms is an ancient right
Keep outlawing guns & eventually only outlaws will have guns. Our Senate must quit tampering with this right, causing unrest among the people, who are constantly having to lobby to keep their rights to bear arms. The "right of the people to keep and
bear arms" is an ancient right placed in the 2nd Amendment for self & family-defense and for protection from a totalitarian takeover of the nation, as occurs in lands where the people are first disarmed by their government.
Source: 2016 Campaign website for N.C. Senate, WrightForUSSenate.com
Nov 11, 2015
Roy Cooper:
Allow concealed carry; but also maintain gun restrictions
Cooper indicates support of the following principles regarding gun issues.- Maintain all state registration procedures and state restrictions on possessing firearms.
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Continue to allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms.
Source: N.C. Legislative 1996 National Political Awareness Test
Nov 1, 1996
Sandy Smith:
Absolute right to gun ownership
Q: Do you support or oppose the statement, "Absolute right to gun ownership"?
A: Strongly Support, shall not be infringed!
Source: OnTheIssues.org interview of 2020 N.C. Senate candidates
Jul 21, 2019
Thom Tillis:
Concealed carry permits for state parking lots
Tillis voted YEA on HB 937: Authorizes Concealed Carry of Firearms in Certain Public Places. Bill Passed House, 78-42.Prohibition does not apply to a person who has a concealed handgun permit; has a concealed handgun permit considered valid under
G.S. 14-415.24, or is exempt from obtaining a permit; provided the weapon is a handgun, is in a closed compartment or container within the person's locked vehicle, and the vehicle is in a parking area that is owned or leased by State government .
Source: N.C. House voting records (Votesmart 2013-2014 synopses)
May 7, 2013
Roy Cooper:
Keep guns away from those dangerous to themselves or others
Let's take affirmative steps to make life safer by keeping guns away from children, criminals and those who are a danger to themselves or others. This is especially true now that death by gunfire has surpassed car accidents as the number one cause of
injury deaths for children. If you support the responsible gun ownership that we are granted under the Second Amendment as I do, then we cannot accept this. In the weeks to come, let's move forward to fight gun violence, not backward.
Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the N.C. legislature
Mar 6, 2023
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