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South Carolina state Senators Marlon Kimpson, left, Greg Gregory, center, and Greg Hembree, right, discuss a bill that would help close a loophole that allowed Dylann Roof to buy the gun he used to kill nine black worshippers at a Charleston church during a news conference on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in Columbia, S.C. The bill would strengthen reporting requirements for police agencies and court to report crimes to state databases and lengthen the time that can be used for a background check from three to five days.(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook, left, and South Carolina Corrections Department Director Bryan Stirling, center, discuss the recapture of escaped state prison inmate Michael Williamson on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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Gov. Nikki Haley announces that she plans to call for the evacuation of about 1 million people from South Carolina's coast as Hurricane Matthew threatens on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at the South Carolina Emergency Management Division headquarters in Pine Ridge, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham gives a check to the South Carolina election commission as he files to run for re-election on Wednesday, March 19, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. Graham is seeking a third tern, (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

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York County Sheriff Bruce Bryant speaks during a news conference on Wednesday, March 12, 2014, in York, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) ** FILE **

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North Carolina NAACP President William Barber, left, interim national NAACP President Lorraine Miller, center, and South Carolina NAACP President Lonnie Randolph, right, march to the South Carolina Statehouse as part of the King Day at the Dome rally on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)