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19 Feb

Gun taken from Eastern Randolph student

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RAMSEUR – A student was found with a firearm at Eastern Randolph High School on Friday, deputies said. The Randolph County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that a school resource officer received a report that a student had a gun on campus. The school resource officer found the student, and a search of the student led to the officer confiscating the gun. The firearm was secured without incident. The name of the student wasn’t released based on North Carolina laws. Parents in the district were notified of the incident. Principal Susan Chappell’s message included: "As noted, law enforcement…

HUDSON: Do something that matters

U.S. Rep. Richard HudsonOpinionsguns, opinion, U.S. Rep. Richard Hudson

As the father of an elementary school child, I am devastated every time we have a school shooting. That’s why identifying solutions to stop these tragedies is so important to me. I worked to enact the only two significant gun and school safety bills to recently pass Congress and become law. The Fix NICS Actand the STOP School Violence Act were both Republican bills, passed by a Republican majority, signed by a Republican president. The Democrat mantra has been “do something.” But my House Republican colleagues and I know the American people expect us to do something that matters. That’s…

Chicago police: 100 shot, 18 homicides over holiday weekend

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CHICAGO — One hundred people — including two police officers — were shot in Chicago over the long Fourth of July weekend, including 18 homicides, the city’s police department said Tuesday. Among those injured were at least a dozen children. None of them had died as of Tuesday morning, but at least three of the minors were in critical condition. The bloodshed was comparable to the long Fourth of July weekend last year, when 17 people were fatally shot and 70 more were wounded. A 7-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy were among the dead that weekend. Police Superintendent David Brown…