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Gun Control Challenges

Congress faces heated demands for gun control legislation but lawmakers have actually tried to curb gun violence in the past year.
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Another school shooting, another round of calls for Washington to tackle gun violence. However, Congress has recently tried -and failed- to pass gun-related legislation. Just days after a gunman used bump stocks to open fire on a Las Vegas country music festival, a bipartisan bill emerged that would have banned the sale of the devices used to amplify the shooting…
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Constitutional carry bill passes in SC House

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COLUMBIA S.C. (WFXB) – The South Carolina House passed a bill Wednesday to allow anyone who can legally buy a gun to carry it without any kind of permit. It’s called constitutional carry or permitless carry. Under the bill, someone could carry a gun concealed or openly. The bill passed 64-46. After a routine third reading on Thursday, the bill goes…
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Proposed bill could allow students to carry concealed weapons on SC college campuses

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WFXB) – The law currently is pretty straightforward in South Carolina – no weapons allowed on private or public school grounds. But if one state lawmaker gets his way, that will still hold true, unless you have a permit. Rep. Steven Long proposed HB 3262 – it would allow anyone with a concealed-weapons permit to bring a firearm onto…
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FBI arrests man reportedly planning a ‘Dylann Roof-style’ attack on Jewish synagogue

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WFXB) – A suspected white supremacist is accused of planning a terror attack on a Jewish synagogue in Myrtle Beach. The FBI says 29-year-old Benjamin Thomas Samuel McDowell was arrested Wednesday in Myrtle Beach after allegedly trying to buy a gun from an undercover agent. McDowell had previously talked about carrying out a Dylan Roof-style attack. McDowell is…
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Man charged after allegedly threatening to ‘go on shooting spree’ at Coastal Carolina University

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WFXB) – The man Horry County Police said threatened to “go on a shooting spree” Monday at Coastal Carolina University is now in custody. Richard Adams, of Myrtle Beach, surrendered to North Myrtle Beach Police after allegedly putting a gun to his wife’s face. The incident started after Adams, 37, learned his daughter was upset about an…
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NC lawmaker proposes bill that wouldn’t require gun owners to obtain conceal permit

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WFXB) – A new bill introduced in North Carolina is sparking a lot of controversy. It would allow people to carry guns without a permit. State Rep. Larry Pittman introduced House Bill 69 last week in Raleigh. North Carolina’s concealed carry law requires that an applicant first take a safety course. In making the permits optional, gun owners would…
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New details emerge in Dylann Roof trial

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CHALRESTON, S.C. (WFXB) –  New details emerged yesterday to potentially convict Dylann Roffof the mass shooting that killed 9 black worshipers in 2015. A prints analyst found Roof’s fingerprints on the murder weapon, including one print on the trigger of the .45-caliber Glock pistol. Prosecutors are suggesting Roof also had a “hit list,” as investigators revealed that Roof traveled to Charleston from…
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‘They could have killed me’

Trump pulled off stage at rally, protester says he was assaulted
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RENO, N.V. (WFXB) – Donald Trump was rushed off the stage by Secret Service at a rally in Reno, Nevada Saturday and one protester says he was assaulted. Austyn Crites is a Republican from Reno. He says he pulled out his sign and Trump supporters turned violent. The word “gun” was yelled amongst the crowd right in front of the…
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Carrying on Campus

Texas passes a new law that allows conclead carry on public college campuses.
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On the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting that killed 14 at the University of Texas Austin’s campus, a new law expanding gun rights in the Lone Star State took effect. Concealed carry is now allowed inside buildings and on university grounds on the state’s public schools. The measure has drawn mixed reactions, with some professors now trying to block…