Victory for Gun Sense: South Carolina Moms Demand Action, Everytown Applaud Defeat of Dangerous Gun Bills This Session
5.10.2018
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5.10.2018
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, released the following statement after the South Carolina legislature adjourned a two year session without passing any of the extreme gun bills backed by the gun lobby. These dangerous bills would have threatened the public’s safety by weakening standards around who can carry hidden, loaded guns in public and allowing guns in sensitive areas:
The South Carolina chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America successfully pressured lawmakers to reject these dangerous bills by:
STATEMENT FROM JACKIE SHELLEY, VOLUNTEER LEADER WITH THE SOUTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION FOR GUN SENSE IN AMERICA:
“We are grateful that our lawmakers listened to concerned South Carolinians and put the public’s safety first by once again rejecting these dangerous gun bills. These bills would have put our communities at risk. Next session we hope to work with our legislators on common-sense gun safety legislation that will help keep us all safer.”
Did you know?
Every day, 125 people in the United States are killed with guns, twice as many are shot and wounded, and countless others are impacted by acts of gun violence.
Everytown Research analysis of CDC, WONDER, Provisional Mortality Statistics, Multiple Cause of Death, 2019–2023; Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project nonfatal firearm injury data, 2020; and SurveyUSA, Market Research Study #26602, 2022.
Last updated: 11.8.2024
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