SC State Rep Lashes Out At Sen. Lindsey Graham Over Red Flag Bill Backing

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

Things look to be heating up in South Carolina, and it’s not even campaign season yet.

It seems that a pro-gun state representative is less than thrilled with one of his state’s senators. In particular, Sen. Lindsey Graham.

Now, I’m not a fan of Graham, so I can understand there are plenty of reasons to be upset with him, but why precisely is there an issue right now? It seems Graham is backing red flag laws, and he doesn’t like it.

A SC Representative and other gun rights activists gathered at a popular shooting range and gun store on Monday to denounce US Senator Lindsey Graham and his support for what they call “red flag gun confiscation legislation.”

District 8 State Representative Jonathon Hill (R-Anderson) and National Association for Gun Rights President Dudley Brown held a news conference Monday evening at Sharpshooters Gun Club on Rutherford Rd.

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“Red flag gun confiscation schemes, also known as ‘Extreme Risk Protection Orders,’ are egregious violations of the right to self-defense and the right to due process,” Hill said in a news release. “Senator Graham is advancing legislation that represents an un-American departure from the idea that you are ‘innocent until proven guilty.’ …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms