SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun

SC congressman again proposes closing ‘loophole’ that allowed Charleston shooter to buy gun

Rep. Jim Clyburn speaks at his annual fish fry on Friday May 30, 2025. (Photo by Shaun Chornobroff/SC daily Gazette)A decade after nine people were gunned down in a Charleston church, South Carolina’s lone Democrat in Congress is launching another effort to close the loophole that allowed the hate-filled shooter to purchase his gun. U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, accompanied by a quartet of House Democrats, announced Tuesday the latest proposal to giv…