Representative David Tyson Smith News Today

Smith prefiled a bill to prohibit teenagers from purchasing semi-automatic and automatic weapon. This was due to the rise of mass shootings among teenagers and early 20-somethings.

The bill would prohibit the sale of semi-automatic firearms to those under 20 years old.

Columbia NAACP meeting was open to the public but also included representatives from eleven organizations in effort to get people to register to vote.