Lawmakers will return next week as special session stalls Wrenching testimony precedes one bill's failure Kelsey Beyeler Kelsey Beyeler Aug 24, 2023 Aug 24, 2023 Updated Aug 25, 2023 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Covenant School families cheer as a bill to allow more guns on school campuses fails Photo: Hamilton Matthew Masters Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp LinkedIn SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link “Today is the first day that I felt heard.”That was Covenant School parent Mary Joyce after a bill that would have allowed more people to carry guns on school grounds failed in the House Education Administration Committee on Wednesday. A March shooting at the school claimed the lives of three students and three staff members, leading Gov. Bill Lee to call this week’s special session to consider gun reform — though little has been accomplished on that front thus far. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kA 5:ClQ=ECQm(:E9 2 h\h E:6 :? 4@>>:EE66[ E96 3:== 72:=65 — E9@F89 :E 925 A2DD65 E9C@F89 E96 w@FD6 r:G:= yFDE:46 r@>>:EE66 62C=:6C :? E96 52J] q@E9 >66E:?8D 6G@<65 :>A2DD:@?65 C6DA@?D6D 7C@> DA64E2E@CD[ 7C@> E62CD @7 C286 H96? :E 25G2?465 E@ E62CD @7 ;@J H96? :E DE2==65] tG6? =2H>2<6CD :? E96 65F42E:@? 4@>>:EE66 2C8F65 H:E9 @?6 2?@E96C 2>:5 2? F?DF446DD7F= 2EE6>AE 7C@> #6A] %@55 (2C?6C W#\r92A6= w:==X E@ =:>:E E6DE:>@?J 2?5 5:D4FDD:@? 3J C6BF6DE:?8 E@ >@G6 DEC2:89E E@ E96 G@E6]k^Am Rep. Todd Warner (R-Chapel Hill) argues with Rep. 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