Charleston Currents

BRACK: S.C. has fewer hate groups, but maybe hate simmers more

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Ten years ago, South Carolina was littered with real-life hate groups – 43, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center in Alabama. These days, the number is down to a dozen.

At one point, South Carolina had the highest per capita number of hate groups in the United States, according to Heidi Beirich, intelligence policy director at the Center.

by Andy Brack · 08/07/2017 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views

BRACK: The time to do nothing on guns has passed

By Andy Brack | The glut of guns solely made for killing people — handguns and assault rifles — is changing America into a country where fearful people feel they need more and bigger guns to protect themselves. They respond to patronizing rhetoric from groups like the National Rifle Association who taunt that the federal government is going to take away people’s guns. Throughout the seven years of President Obama’s term, we’ve heard such chants time and time again, yet Obama hasn’t taken away guns.