Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s latest statement favoring gun control. Kokai offered these comments during the June 3, 2022, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses Cooper’s plea for gun control
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