A Senate Judiciary committee in Raleigh, North Carolina, approved a proposal Tuesday to eliminate a law that requires that people receive a permit from their county sheriff before they can buy a handgun. The bill also expands the places that weapons can be taken: all educational property, including private schools, and parades and funeral processions – unless, of course, they’re expressly prohibited.

“We’re here to enhance our Second Amendment rights, which have been too long restricted by the previous majority,” said Sen. Buck Newton, a Republican. But Gail Neely of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence told the Senate judiciary committee that fewer than 3 percent of people in the state have concealed-carry permits and that 90 percent of the state favors tougher restrictions.

“This is ridiculous,” she said. “There is no credible evidence this bill will make us safer in North Carolina.”

North Carolina would join more than 30 states that don’t require a permit to purchase a gun; a handful of states also allow concealed carry without a permit. Here is today’s report.

—Jennifer Mascia

A 16-year-old girl is recovering after being shot in the face while on her way to a Sweet 16 party in the Ezra Street neighborhood of Bridgeport, Conn. Kemoune Thomas, a sophomore at Central High School, was shot while standing with one of her friends. Police have strong leads on who may have shot her, but so far no arrests have been made.

—NBC 14

Two teens were found shot to death Wednesday morning in a Gary, Ind., home. Fredrick Stubbs, 19, was shot in the back and Dontrell Wilson, 19, was shot in the head. Police are investigating.

—Chicago Tribune

Two teens were shot outside a Brooklyn, N.Y., housing project early Wednesday. The victims, both 17, were talking in front of the Howard Houses in Brownsville around 12:30 a.m. when a gunman approached the pair and opened fire, striking each teen in the leg. They are in stable condition. The shooter is at large.

—New York Daily News

29-year-old Terrell Gerard Owens was shot and killed near a convenience store in Hampton, Va., Tuesday afternoon. Officers were called to Roy’s Quick Service II convenience store shortly after 1 p.m. and found the victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper body. Zachary Lamont Batts, 29, was charged with murder and possession of firearm by a convicted felon. Owens’s death is the 11th homicide in Hampton this year.

—Daily Press

Elijah Carraway, 19, was shot and killed during an altercation that began as an argument over drugs in Pottsville, Pa., Tuesday night. A witness said Carraway stood up for himself and his friends; he was later found dead behind a fence. The suspects were tracked down at their home in Philadelphia. The shooting happened on the same block where the last homicide happened in Pottsville, about a year and a half ago.

—WNEP

A woman is in critical condition and her husband is charged with attempted homicide after a shooting at a home in northeast Bakersfield, Calif., early Wednesday. 58-year-old Mark Joseph Madrigali, a local attorney, was detained. Investigators said the shooting may be tied to domestic violence, as neighbors frequently heard loud fights.

—ABC 23

A woman was shot and wounded while holding her 8-year-old daughter in Memphis, Tenn. After punching a female cousin in the face, Antonious Tucker, 41, got into an argument with Keosha Miller and shot her. Witnesses said Tucker shot at another woman but missed.

—WREG

25-year-old Augustina Soto was found shot and killed in the driver’s seat of a vehicle south of Tuscon, Ariz., Tuesday night. An unidentified female passenger in the vehicle suffered non-life threatening injuries. 29-year-old Stephen J. Malone is being sought for questioning.

—Fox 10 News

Samantha Maves was shot in the face by the father of her children at her home in Milwaukee, Wis. According to the criminal complaint, Juan Mercado, 26, arrived at the victim’s apartment after going out drinking. Maves turned around and started walking to her bedroom when she felt burning and saw blood coming from her face. Mercado is facing multiple charges.

—CBS 58

Richard Arenas, 46, was shot dead while working on his car outside of his home in Providence, R.I., Wednesday morning. No one is in custody. “It’s certainly a possibility that it’s in retaliation for something, but we don’t know at this point,” a police spokesperson said.

—WPRI.com

A 40-year-old man staggered into a Baytown, Tex., motel after being critically injured in a shooting outside a Super 8 motel early Wednesday. A worker behind the front desk called 911. The shooter was not apprehended.

—KHOU

Home invaders broke into a west Orlando, Fla., residence late Tuesday and opened fire, killing one man and wounding another playing an Xbox game. Joseph Holness, 21, died shortly after running to the corner and collapsing. The survivor was hospitalized. Deputies arrested three young men caught breaking into the murder scene and stealing several items, but the shooter remains at large.

—Orlando Sentinel

A 21-year-old man was fatally shot Wednesday morning near an elementary school in Antioch, Calif. Medical personnel and police officers took life-saving measures, but to no avail. Police are investigating.

—CBS SF Bay Area

Fabian McBride, 27, was killed in a drive-by shooting outside his home in Spokane, Wash., Wednesday afternoon. A neighbor said he saw the suspect pull up to the victim, and after a confrontation between the two, the man in the car pulled out a large handgun and shot McBride four times. Three of the shots hit him in the chest. Police identified Issiah L. Schauman as the suspect, and he is at large.

—The Spokesman-Review

Brandon Carter, 25, was gunned down Wednesday in front of an apartment complex in Baton Rouge, La. He had been shot 10 times. Carter’s older brother, Quentin Carter, was shot and killed in August of 2004, and Brandon was shot in the head a week later and survived. Police are investigating.

—The Advocate

A shooting on the Far East Side of Madison, Wis., killed a woman and left a man injured Wednesday night. Police said the shooting did not appear to be random.

—Wisconsin State Journal

A man in his 20s suffered life-threatening injuries after he was shot on a street in northeast Rochester, N.Y., Wednesday afternoon. The victim’s name was not released. Officers are searching for the shooter.

—Democrat and Chronicle

Two people were shot, one fatally, within a block of each other on the near north side of Indianapolis, Ind., Tuesday night. When officers arrived on scene, they found one person lying in the street and another person inside a home. 19-year-old Damien Williams died at the hospital.

—WISHTV.com

A 24-year-old man was shot in the chest outside a home in the North Ward of Trenton, N.J., at around midnight Wednesday. He is in critical condition. No word on suspects.

—NJ.com

A 30-year-old man was shot in the left thigh in Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday. A witness said she saw a silver Dodge Ram pickup with tinted windows drive off. The victim told police he did not see the suspect or know why he would have been shot.

—WHIOTV.com

One person has been taken to the hospital after being shot three times in Salisbury, N.C., Wednesday afternoon. Just before 3 p.m., the victim was shot twice in the arm and once in the abdomen at the Civic Park Apartments. Police are interviewing a person of interest.

—WCNC.com

A 24-year-old man was found lying in the street with a gunshot wound to his leg in Wilmington, Del., early Wednesday. The victim told officers that he was walking when a man approached and started shooting at him. The stranger ran off and is being sought by police.

—Delaware Online

45-year-old Lawrence David Phillips was shot multiple times and killed in the Kingman Park area of Northeast Washington, D.C., Tuesday evening. Police did not announce any suspects.

—The Examiner

A man was shot during a carjacking in Corsicana, Tex., Tuesday afternoon. At about 4 p.m., the suspect, 27-year-old Christopher Darnell Shields, shot the victim in the leg and escaped with his Mercedes. Shields was apprehended the next day.

—Corsicana Daily Sun

A passenger in a luxury SUV was shot in the face during what detectives believe was an attempted hit in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, N.Y., on Sunday. A vehicle carrying at least two men crept up alongside the Mercedes GL 450 and someone opened fire. A bullet tore through the jaw of the victim, who was seated in the backseat. Investigators believe the man, who was in his 20s, was targeted. Three other passengers were not injured.

—New York Daily News

According to Slate’s gun-death tracker, an estimated 5,019 people have died as a result of gun violence in America since the Newtown massacre on December 14, 2012.