Gun rights advocates push agenda at NC legislature

  • Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
    Demonstrators, from the left, Christian Blankenship, 17, his sister Annika, 15, father Loren, 37 and mother Angela, 36, from High Point, N.C. attend the Grass Roots North Carolina Second Amendment Freedom Rally in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Similar legislation isn’t likely to pass at the Republican-control General Assembly, but Grass Roots North Carolina says it would seek legislation in Raleigh allowing teachers and other concealed weapons permittees to be armed on school campuses. (AP PHOTO)

    Demonstrators, from the left, Christian Blankenship, 17, his sister Annika, 15, father Loren, 37 and mother Angela, 36, from High Point, N.C. attend the Grass Roots North Carolina Second Amendment Freedom Rally in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013. Similar legislation isn’t likely to pass at the Republican-control General Assembly, but Grass Roots North Carolina says it would seek legislation in Raleigh allowing teachers and other concealed weapons permittees to be armed on school campuses. (AP PHOTO)

    Guns were off limits at the Grass Roots North Carolina Second Amendment Freedom Rally in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, but Walter Emery, 74, managed to still sport his tiny toy gun at the event. Similar legislation isn’t likely to pass at the Republican-control General Assembly, but Grass Roots North Carolina says it would seek legislation in Raleigh allowing teachers and other concealed weapons permittees to be armed on school campuses. (AP PHOTO)

    Guns were off limits at the Grass Roots North Carolina Second Amendment Freedom Rally in Raleigh, N.C. on Tuesday, February 5, 2013, but Walter Emery, 74, managed to still sport his tiny toy gun at the event. Similar legislation isn’t likely to pass at the Republican-control General Assembly, but Grass Roots North Carolina says it would seek legislation in Raleigh allowing teachers and other concealed weapons permittees to be armed on school campuses. (AP PHOTO)