Cumberland proposed ban on exploding targets fizzles in 3-3 vote
Residents upset by explosions at nearby gun ranges. Proposed ban not dead yet
Skyrocketing teen boy suicides linked to firearms access
Suicide rates were 3.2 times higher for teenage boys than teen girls between 2018 and 2020 — with guns increasingly playing an outsize role. Boys and young men represent 80 percent …
Column: We could have used the old city manager at City Council’s public safety meeting
There were those in this community, including some members of the Fayetteville City Council, who never quite warmed to Ted Voorhees, the no-nonsense city manager. He could be pompous. He …
Cumberland County sheriff criticizes end of pistol permit process
Since 2019, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office has denied more than 6,000 requests for permits to purchase handguns. Action by the state legislature last week has put an end to that permit process. The legislature overturned a veto by Gov. Roy Cooper of S.B. 41, which repeals the requirement that anyone buying a pistol get…
Amid quarrels in the General Assembly over gun laws, NC governor tries new tactic to lessen firearm violence
Democratic lawmakers, undaunted by the political odds against them in North Carolina’s Republican-led General Assembly, have championed bills year after year to rein in gun violence over the past decade. Their Republican opponents, emboldened by better numbers in both legislative chambers this year, have adopted legislation that would put North Carolina on a very different route.
City Council to consider penalties for leaving unsecured guns in vehicles
Gun owners would be required to secure firearms in a lock box inside a vehicle under an ordinance introduced by Fayetteville City Councilwoman Brenda McNair on Monday night. The lock box must not not be visible from outside the vehicle, and the key to the lock box would could not be left inside the vehicle,…
Jeralds Middle School student brings handgun, knife, razor blade to campus, officials say
A student at Luther “Nick” Jeralds Middle School brought an unloaded gun, a pocketknife and an eyebrow razor blade to campus Friday, officials said in news releases. No ammunition …
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Fayetteville police to hold gun buyback program
The Fayetteville Police Department will host a gun buyback program next weekend. The program will be Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Kingdom Impact Global Ministries, 2503 Murchison …
Police find handguns, edibles during search of home
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department seized guns, drugs and other items when they executed a “high-risk search warrant’’ June 1 on Spokane Road where a man shot at officers.
Man crashes vehicle following brief chase Monday
A Fayetteville man crashed his vehicle following a brief chase Monday night involving Cumberland County deputies and the state Highway Patrol. The Sheriff’s Office said deputies found guns …