Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have introduced a bill that opens up secession talks, should the federal government confiscate legally purchased guns. The bill, referred to the state House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, states that “the general assembly shall convene to consider whether to secede from the United States based upon the federal government’s unconstitutional violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution if the federal government confiscates legally purchased firearms in this state.”

The bill comes after national talks on extream gun control measures have reached a fever pitch with some anti-gun activists calling to repeal the Second Amendment altogether.

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