WHO IS YOUR TRUE 2ND AMENDMENT CANDIDATE?

Tomorrow's Election in SC for the U.S. Senate Republican Primary Runoff is VERY, VERY, IMPORTANT! For gun owners, the choice could hardly be clearer, it is NOT Darline Graham! She has been given opportunity after opportunity to prove where she stands on the Second Amendment - she has absolutely failed.

When SC lawmakers were fighting to pass Constitutional Carry at the state level, Graham financially supported Katrina Shealy, a politician who worked to gut the bill!!!

Then, Graham REFUSED to answer the National Association for Gun Rights Candidate Survey, denying gun owners the opportunity to know where she stands on critical Second Amendment issues.

More recently, when pro-gun members of Congress called on the DOJ and ATF to stand down and allow a major pro-gun court ruling against the National Firearms Act to stand, Graham was once again nowhere to be found, she FAILED to sign the letter alongside her pro-gun colleagues!!!!

NOW, Graham is REFUSING to co-sponsor "Real Constitutional Carry", the most pro-gun bill in Congress, which would ensure your right to carry doesn’t disappear when you cross a state line.

Meanwhile, Congressman Ralph Norman has a 100% PRO-GUN VOTING RECORD! He scored 100% on the NAGR Candidate Survey. He is already a co-sponsor of H.R. 645, the Real Constitutional Carry Act. Unlike Graham, Norman has CONSISTENTLY put his name on the line when your gun rights are under attack!

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR GUN RIGHTS HAS ENDORSED RALPH NORMAN FOR U.S. SENATE! PLEASE VOTE FOR RALPH NORMAN

ELECTION DAY IS TOMORROW — MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE!!! - CLICK HERE FOR VOTING INFORMATION https://scvotes.gov/voters/2026prep/

Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 25, SC Republicans will vote inthe U.S. Senate Special Republican Primary Runoff. Make your plan TODAY!!! - Don't assume your polling location is the same — take a few minutes today to make sure you know exactly where you're going tomorrow.

BEFORE YOU HEAD TO THE POLLS:
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This is an important election and EVERY VOTE MATTERS. PLEASE DO NOT sit this one out! - PLEASE remind your friends and family to GET OUT AND VOTE!

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LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE BOTH SENATE CANDIDATES STAND ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT

Following the SC Special Republican Primary, Ralph Norman and Darline Graham have advanced to an August 25th runoff for U.S. Senate.

For South Carolina gun owners, that means it’s time to take a close look at where both candidates stand on the Second Amendment.

CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY - Is THE ULTIMATE LITMUS TEST for a politician’s gun rights credentials and Darline Graham has FAAILED that test on at least three occasions.

FIRST - Graham has so far FAILED to co-sponsor Real Constitutional Carry. Graham has had ample opportunity to sign on. So far, she has refused to do so.

S. 4013, the Real Constitutional Carry Act, is the most pro-gun bill in Congress, protecting the right of law-abiding Americans to carry firearms across state lines without navigating a patchwork of government permitting requirements.

SECOND - Graham REFUSED to pledge her support for Constitutional Carry on the NAGR Candidate Survey.

When NAGR sent Graham our survey and gave her the opportunity to put her positions on Constitutional Carry and other critical Second Amendment issues in writing, she refused to return it. In fact, the more they dug into Graham’s political history, the more disturbing trends were found.

THIRD - Graham donated money to a politician NAGR previously called out for helping gut Constitutional Carry in South Carolina.

Before being appointed to the U.S. Senate, in 2020 and 2024, Graham donated to former SC State Senator Katrina Shealy! Anti-gun Shealy opposed and then voted to load Constitutional Carry down with anti-gun language, fighting against the gold standard of gun rights legislation at the state level.

BOTTOM LINE - Graham failed to co-sponsor Real Constitutional Carry. She refused to pledge her support for Constitutional Carry on the NAGR Candidate Survey, AND she financially supported a politician who helped load South Carolina’s Constitutional Carry legislation down with anti-gun language.

Furthermore, Graham’s name was noticeably missing from a recent letter signed by 35 Congressmen, including Ralph Norman, urging the DOJ not to appeal the ruling in the Silencer Shop Foundation v. ATF case that states registration requirements for NFA items like silencers, SBRs, and SBSs are unconstitutional.

Once again, Graham was MIA, failing to join her pro-gun colleagues in signing a letter urging the DOJ to stand down on the anti-gun NFA and allow the pro-gun ruling to stand.

WHERE DOES CONGRESSMAN RALPH NORMAN STAND?

Norman has maintained a 100% PRO-GUN VOTING RECORD, returned his NAGR Candidate Survey 100% pro-gun AND is already a co-sponsor of the House version of Real Constitutional Carry (H.R. 645).

While Graham’s record continues to raise questions, Norman has established an unblemished record on the Second Amendment.

That’s why ALL SC citizens should be PROUD to vote for Ralph Norman!

SOUTH CAROLINA BUDGET - NOT FINALIZED - WHERE WE STAND IN THE BUDGET PROCESS

We finally have a conference committee budget. At the time I am writing this email, the full House and Senate chambers have not yet scheduled when they will reconvene to vote up or down on the finalized budget.

This budget is structured differently from previous state budgets. Typically, the House and Senate reach an agreement on one final budget bill, which is then sent to both chambers for an up-or-down vote. This year, however, House and Senate negotiators were unable to reach an agreement on which earmarks should be included in the final budget.

So, the conference committee's solution is to create a review committee to evaluate the proposed earmarks. The earmarks will then be placed in an entirely separate bill, which will also go before both chambers for an up-or-down vote. This is atypical from a legislative-process standpoint and, at best, raises serious constitutional questions.

The state is reporting that the total amount of earmark spending will be approximately $377 million. It also says that the additional $150 million requested by Scout Motors will come from that same pot of money.

Scout Motors: the gift that keeps on giving.

One day, perhaps, South Carolina will finally understand that giving billions of taxpayer dollars to corporations is not in the taxpayer's interest. The Scout Motors bailout alone is reason enough for every member of the General Assembly to oppose the separate earmark bill.

Now, let's discuss property taxes.

The initial Senate draft of the budget included a property tax exemption for seniors that would have exempted the first $150,000 of a property's value. Under the proposal approved by the conference committee, that exemption will be reduced to $75,000.

That is still an increase on the current homestead exemption. However, it is being funded through one-time allocations, also known as nonrecurring revenue. The earmarks are also being funded with nonrecurring revenue.

Lawmakers allocated $81 million toward this property tax proposal, then went on to spend more than four times that amount on earmarks. Scout Motors alone is receiving nearly twice as much.

For full transparency, we at SCPC do not generally support specialized tax exemptions, but prefer broad-based tax cuts that apply equally to every taxpayer without discrimination.

But a property tax cut for seniors should obviously be prioritized over earmark spending . Especially when those earmarks provide taxpayers with limited information and is decided through a process that lacks transparency. In many cases, taxpayers cannot even clearly see where the earmarked money will ultimately be spent.

All of this is to say that lawmakers need to be reminded that this money is not given to them to spend on whatever project they want, in whatever county they choose.

This money belongs to the taxpayer.

When the state collects more revenue than it needs, that money should be returned to the taxpayer. Tax dollars should be spent on core government services. State tax dollars should be used for state responsibilities. If counties want money for a project, they should find a way to raise that revenue themselves rather than relying on the state to subsidize local projects.

Finally, SCPC is working on a full analysis of the budget, which we ideally plan to release next week. Stay tuned for that.

Thank you for your continued support of the South Carolina Policy Council.

All the best,

Sam Aaron
Research Director
South Carolina Policy Council

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Take time to read this complete, 46 page, edition of the ORIGINAL Constitution of the United States, (including The Bill of Rights, with Amendments 11-27), PLUS The Declaration of Independence. This copy is identical to the original Constitution, in spelling, capitalization and punctuation, that's housed in the Archives in Washington, D.C..

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