





A group of House Republicans in South Carolina have introduced a bill that would allow the state to consider secession should the federal government violate the Second Amendment.

The bill, which was referred to the state House Judiciary Committee on Thursday, 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 measure, quietly introduced by GOP Reps. Mike Pitts, Jonathon Hill and Ashley Trantham, comes amid an intense national debate over gun safety that was reignited in February after a deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Fla.

“I see a lot of stuff where people even talk about totally repealing the Second Amendment, which separates us from the entire rest of the world,” Pitts said.







The Hill notes that the GOP bill is unlikely to make it through this session and faces an April 10 deadline to go to the state Senate for consideration.

South Carolina in 1860, became the first state to secede from the Union in the lead up to the Civil War.







