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Durham County emptied its wallet—$10K in cash—for a gun buyback that drew crowds for hours, offering $100 for long guns, $150 for handguns, and $250 for assault rifles, with vintage pieces and AR-15s turning up; the program ran out of money before closing, spotlighting community safety efforts to keep firearms away from kids. Meanwhile, flashbacks reveal 2002’s alarming rise of Type 2 diabetes among rural NC kids—and 1981’s RDU air traffic controllers’ strike over layoffs—showing how public health and labor struggles have shaped North Carolina’s past.

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