OUR OPINION Our Opinion: This is 'unacceptable' Jul 24, 2023 Jul 24, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save How brazen and absurd has the sickening wave of gun violence in the Triad become in 2023?kAmp >2? H2D D9@E 2?5 <:==65 =2DE H66< :? (:?DE@?\$2=6> H9:=6 2EE6?5:?8 2 G:8:= 7@C 2 7C:6?5 H9@ 925 366? D9@E 2?5 <:==65]k^AmkAm~? |@?52J[ bf\J62C\@=5 p=;6C@?6 |:BF6= $:>D =@DE 9:D =:76 ?62C 9:D 9@>6 @? }@CE9 |2CE:? {FE96C z:?8 yC] sC:G6[ A@=:46 D2:5]k^AmkAm%H@ 52JD =2E6C[ af\J62C\@=5 #:4<J #6?62 s2G:D H2D D9@E 2?5 <:==65 2E E96 G:8:= 7@C $:>D]k^Am kAm%96 D9@@E6C H2=<65 FA 2?5 7:C65[ 2?5[ ;FDE =:<6 E92E[ E96 8C:> E@== @7 8F? 562E9D :? E96 4:EJ 925 E:4<65 FA J6E 282:?]k^Am People are also reading… Denied campus voting sites, N.C. 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