Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin has announced that he is prepared to personally defend his city's Extreme Risk Protection Order, or Red Flag Laws, in the South Carolina State Supreme Court should the court hear a suit seeking to undo the law.
Last month, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed a suit arguing that the Columbia ordinance violated state law.
Harrison has stated that “Gun violence is affecting every community in America, including our own, and our state leaders not only fail to act to stop it but actually want to stop us from keeping our schools gun-free, ending the production of untraceable ghost guns and passing common-sense bipartisan red flag laws that keep guns out of the hands of those who will harm others or themselves”
“These ordinances are not only constitutional but morally sound and it’s a shame that we have to fight our own elected officials in our courts to try and save lives. I am fully prepared to take on that battle on behalf of the people of Columbia and South Carolina.”