Mother of slain son pushes for change in gun laws

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — It's been 10 years since someone shot and killed 16-year-old Gregory Goodson in north Charlotte and his mother continues to search for answers.
 
Eyewitness News anchor Erica Bryant talked to Kyle Goodson who hopes to finally find justice for her son.
 
"I just miss him," Kyle Goodson said. "I miss his smile. He was the light. He was the sunshine."
 
Gregory Goodson's body was found in a wooded area along Simpson Road in September 2005.
 
The only clues were his book bag that was found days later and police found his shoes months later.
 
The case is still cold, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officials said.

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"I'm just not going sit here and become dormant because my son is dead," Kyle Goodson said. "I want something done about it.

A recent increase in gun violence nationwide has re-energized her and she said it's time for survivors to speak with one voice.

"I would like to invite people from Charleston, people who have lost kids from all over so we can march on the Capitol," she said. "I know the gun lobby is the largest lobby in Washington, D.C. and everybody is afraid but somebody has to say something."
 
Her goal is to raise money to charter a bus to Washington, D.C. to to get lawmakers and the National Rifle Association to listen.
 
"Someone from that organization has to hear a story and they have to be moved enough to change the way they think because something has to change because we're dying all over, not just Charlotte, but America is dying because of gun violence," she said.
 
New gun legislation would be her son's legacy, she said.

"Things are done because you fight for them not because you are sitting back and waiting for them," Kyle Goodson said.

She launched a GoFundMe account this week to charter a bus.
 
Kyle Goodson also hopes to hire a private investigator to help find answer's in her son's case.

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