Like a metastasizing cancer, America’s youth gun violence crisis continues to grow and spread.
According to the latest mortality data from the CDC, firearm-related deaths among children and teenagers in the United States have soared by 50% since 2019.
In 2023, firearms remained the leading cause of death among American youth for the third year in a row.
Amazingly, however, North Carolina Republican legislative leaders remain determined to pour more gasoline on the fire.
Under bills now on the fast track in Raleigh, North Carolina would soon allow anyone 18 or older to carry a concealed handgun without a permit of any kind or so much as a minute of training.
Yes — you heard that right. At the same moment the nation is experiencing a youth gun violence crisis, state lawmakers want to make it easier for high schoolers to carry concealed handguns than it is to get a driver’s license. What could go wrong?
The bottom line: In a year full of shortsighted and utterly irresponsible legislation, these proposals take the cake.
For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.
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