Lawmakers request more funds for gun violence as NC sees bump in shooting deaths
NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN GO HOME.
>> MORE MONEY COULD BE COMING
TO THE COMMUNITY TO COMBAT GUN
VIOLENCE. THE STATE IS SEEING
AN INCREASE IN HOW MANY PEOPLE
DIED FROM SHOOTING SO FAR THIS
YEAR. WRAL'S DOWN TO JOURNALIST
ALI INGERSOLL IS AT THE FEDERAL
COURTHOUSE WHERE A MEETING WITH
NATIONAL AND LOCAL LEADERS JUST
WRAPPED UP ALI.
>> YEAH, ABOUT 2 NORTH
CAROLINIANS HAVE DIED. EVERY
SINGLE DAY FROM GUN VIOLENCE.
ACCORDING TO DATA. THAT'S AN
INCREASE FROM THIS TIME LAST
YEAR. AND IT'S WHY LEADERS WERE
MEETING HERE TODAY WANTING TO
TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING
GUN-RELATED FROM STATE STORAGE
PREVENTION AND CRIME
CONGRESSWOMAN DEBORAH ROSS LED
THE CONVERSATIONS. SHE SAID
SHE'S REQUESTED ADDITIONAL
FUNDING FOR OUR PD. THE WAKE
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION LIKE
BOOTS ON THE GROUND. ALL OF
WHICH AT LEADERS AT THE TABLE
TODAY. SHE ALSO WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT OUR TRENDS HERE. RALEIGH
RANKS 3RD BEHIND CHARLOTTE AND
DURHAM WHEN IT COMES TO THE
NUMBER OF REPORTED SHOOTING SO
FAR THIS YEAR. THIS IS
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE GUN
VIOLENCE ARCHIVE. BUT CARS RPD
FOR SHOTS FIRED, HAVE DROPPED
DRAMATICALLY DOWN 67% SINCE
PEAKING IN 2021.
I CREDIT THAT JUST ALL THE HARD
WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AS A
REGION THAT JUST THE RALEIGH
POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT IN WAKE
COUNTY REALLY IDENTIFY WHO ARE
PROBLEM OFFENDERS ARE THOSE
WHO ARE POSSESSING.
>> WEAPONS AND FIREARMS
ILLEGALLY AND REALLY GOING
AFTER THEM FOR PREVENTION.
PATTERSON CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR
RESPONSIBLE GUN OWNERSHIP,
SAYING MANY OF THE CRIMES THEY
SEE ARE WITH STOLEN WEAPONS.
NOW SOME OTHER PEOPLE AT THE
TABLE. THEY TALK ABOUT
STATEWIDE POLICY CHANGES LIKE
REPEALING THE PISTOL PERMIT
REQUIREMENT THAT WENT INTO
EFFECT LAST YEAR.
>> SINCE THAT WENT INTO EFFECT
IN THAT CHANGE HAPPENED.
WE HAVE SEEN A 9% INCREASE IN