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South Carolina Republicans Introduce Secession Bill To Leave US

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Republican lawmakers from South Carolina are talking about secession, again.

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They've introduced a bill that would allow lawmakers to debate leaving the U.S. if the federal government tries to seize legally-purchased firearms.

Lawmakers say that the potential seizure would violate the Second Amendment.

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The bill has no chance of clearing the State House this session.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, a decision that started the Civil War.

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