A 7-year-old boy picks up a handgun during the 2022 National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston. The number of firearm deaths among children and teens in the United States have jumped 50% since 2019. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
A significant majority of North Carolina residents oppose laws that would allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit, according to polls released in recent days by Elon University and the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety.
Though it was conducted several months ago, the Everytown for Gun Safety survey , released Wednesday, found that a large majority of likely North Carolina voters (77%) were against removing permit requirements from concealed carry laws…