Audience supporters outnumbered opponents and our side, led by Rep. Weiss, gave excellent presentations but a number of Committee members are still opposed or undecided.
All members continue to be deluged with negative messages from the gun lobby.
The bill may come up for a vote Tuesday, April 17. Committee member names and numbers are found at the end of this message. Although North Carolina is one of 18 states that requires that guns be stored so that they are inaccessible to children, we still have a serious problem of children obtaining guns from their own and others homes. Easy access to guns in homes makes juveniles victims or perpetrators of injuries and deaths caused by guns. American children are more likely to be shot in homes rather than elsewhere, usually by friends, relatives or by themselves.