South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced in a statement this afternoon that he has concluded that the actions of U.S. Congressman Ralph Norman do not warrant criminal prosecution and should not be pursued further.
On Monday the South Carolina Democratic Party sent a letter to the state Law Enforcement Division asking that they conduct an investigation into last Friday’s events where Norman placed a gun on the table at a meeting with constituents.
Wilson said they had extensive conversations with SLED and conferred with 16th Circuit Solicitor Kevin Brackett about the matter. Brackett said their conclusion must be based upon the law and ‘sound prosecutorial discretion,’ but in this case it is not a prosecutable offense.
In the statement Wilson said, ” Although South Carolina law allows the carrying of a handgun only in certain authorized circumstances, such as compliance with the CWP law, we agree with Solicitor Brackett that there is no prosecutable offense under the undisputed circumstances of this incident.”