Liberty You might be a ‘progressive’ if … by Jon Sanders Director of the Center for Food, Power, and Life, Research Editor, John Locke Foundation June 24, 2013 … the following headline strikes you as an impossible paradox: Sheriff had denied gun permit to Greenville shooting suspect Topics on this pageGreenvilleGun politics in the United StatesProgressivism Most popular The fight for tomorrow: Assessing conflicting visions for North Carolina’s future No, Opportunity Scholarships are not a “drain” on public schools 9-28 election data dump: Will Democrats reemerge as North Carolina’s largest party? Sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay up to date on the latest happenings in North Carolina.