McCrory orders stepped-up security for National Guard

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Gov. Pat McCrory is ordering tighter security measures at North Carolina National Guard facilities.

His order Sunday order was in response to last week’s shootings at military recruiting centers in Tennessee that four Marines and one sailor dead.

McCrory’s order calls for stepped-up security at recruiting centers, armories and readiness centers. McCrory says the state will be vigilant in protecting those people who protect the state’s citizens.

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