Gun violence in North Carolina

North Carolina has a mix of strong and weak gun laws. North Carolina requires a person to obtain a permit before purchasing a handgun, which includes a criminal background check. State law also prohibits people from possessing firearms if they are subject to domestic violence restraining orders—and requires them to give up the firearms they already own.

1,388 In an average year, 1,388 people die by guns in North Carolina.

11h In North Carolina, there is an average of 11 hours between gun suicide deaths.

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To become a safer state, North Carolina could strengthen its laws by expanding its permit requirement to apply to all gun sales, not just handgun sales. It can also expand its domestic violence laws to prohibit people from possessing firearms who have been convicted of misdemeanor crimes of domestic violence. The state could also pass an Extreme Risk law, which would empower loved ones or law enforcement to intervene in order to temporarily prevent someone in crisis from accessing firearms.

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Record Number of Homicides in Greensboro: How the Pandemic Has Exacerbated Gun Violence and How Policymakers Can Respond

New Pre-Election Polling in North Carolina Finds that Gun Safety is a Winning Issue in Key Races Across NC, Where Everytown Spent Nearly $6.5 Million

New Pre-election Polling in Key Battleground States Finds Gun Safety is a Winning Issue, and That Messaging Deployed by Everytown Has Been Highly Impactful This Cycle

Everytown Launches Nearly $350,000 Direct Mail Campaign Featuring Survivors of Gun Violence

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News

Record Number of Homicides in Greensboro: How the Pandemic Has Exacerbated Gun Violence and How Policymakers Can Respond

New Pre-Election Polling in North Carolina Finds that Gun Safety is a Winning Issue in Key Races Across NC, Where Everytown Spent Nearly $6.5 Million

New Pre-election Polling in Key Battleground States Finds Gun Safety is a Winning Issue, and That Messaging Deployed by Everytown Has Been Highly Impactful This Cycle

Everytown Launches Nearly $350,000 Direct Mail Campaign Featuring Survivors of Gun Violence

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