Gun Control In South Carolina?
BY Herschel Smith
9 years, 4 months ago
CHARLESTON – A Charleston state senator says he will introduce gun-control legislation in response to recent gun violence in his home city.
Democratic state Sen. Marlon Kimpson said the June 17 shooting at the Emanuel AME Church and more recent gun violence show the need for tightening restrictions on gun ownership.
Reading about gun violence in the newspaper regularly, Kimpson said he hopes the state Senate will give his proposals serious consideration when they return to work in January.
“I don’t think there is any dispute that there is a direct correlation between weak gun laws and violence,” Kimpson told The State Monday. “It is within our power to do something about it.”
Kimpson’s proposals would:
- Require background checks to be conducted through the State Law Enforcement Division and the federal system before a gun sale can be completed
- Ban assault weapons, defined as semi-automatic firearms designed and configured for rapid fire and combat use
- Close a three-day loophole that allows some S.C. gun purchasers to buy and take home a gun before a background check has been completed. That rule, and other errors in the federal background check, allowed alleged Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof to purchase a gun.
- Require reporting of lost or stolen guns
- Require state registration and permitting of all guns
The gun control proposals likely face an impossible uphill battle.
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But Kimpson said the Charleston church shooting that killed nine African Americans including a state senator has “opened people’s minds to doing things in the State House that have never been done before.”
Perhaps Kimpson isn’t thinking what I’m thinking when he talks about people “doing things … they have never done before.” At any rate, this bill stands a snowball’s chance in hell of passing in South Carolina.
But let’s recall collectivist Larry Martin of Pickens. The boys in South Carolina have work to do. You need to handle Larry, and then you need to pass constitutional carry. Kimpson can stand back and watch in irrelevance.
On August 18, 2015 at 12:01 pm, Archer said:
“I don’t think there is any dispute that there is a direct correlation
between weak gun laws and violence,” Kimpson told The State Monday.
Then Kimpson is either ignorant, stupid, lying, or some combination of all three. That correlation has been “in dispute” for quite some time now, and the causation even more so.
Even without diving into detailed numbers, just a couple anecdotes:
– Seattle vs. Baltimore vs. Detroit: Three leftist-run cities approximately the same size and population, two with “strong gun laws” and one in a gun-friendly state with strong preemption (i.e. “weak gun laws”). The homicide rate in the gun-friendly one is about one-tenth the rate in either of the other two.
– El Paso, TX vs. Cuidad Juarez, Mexico: Mexico is famous for its “strong gun laws”, and Texas is equally famous for its (mostly) gun-friendly culture. These two cities are, again, about the same size and population, situated right across the river from each other, but El Paso is statistically one of the safest, mildest towns in the world, while Juarez is one of the most dangerous.
Recall and/or primary Kimpson.
On August 20, 2015 at 3:33 am, Pat Hines said:
Larry Martin is a major problem child, without doubt. We will be focusing on many RINO types for the rest of the year. We have an action site for that. It’s not just about the flag, it’s about saving western civilization in the south.
http://www.savesouthernheritage.com