More people than ever are dying from guns in North Carolina. What's behind it?
North Carolina has reached a grim milestone: More people died from guns in 2016 than any of the previous 35 years, new federal data shows.In 2016, more than 1,400 people died from guns in North Carolina, according to the most recent data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The firearm death toll rose by 120 that year.Experts are not yet sure why the numbers are rising. But a jump in firearm-related […]
