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6 States Make Red Flag Enforcement a Felony — Bloomberg Panics

South Carolina just put teeth on the 2A — and The Trace's meltdown is proof the movement is working.

WTF News May 23, 2026 📖 3 min read

South Carolina's Ban Against Red Flag Gun Confiscation Act doesn't slap a fine on ERPO enforcers. It doesn't issue a reprimand. It hands them a **felony charge**. That's the kind of constitutional teeth gun owners have demanded for years — and it's now the law in South Carolina.

The Trace, the Bloomberg-backed outlet that functions as a press office for the gun-control lobby, is furious. Their piece frames this as Republicans trying to "ban a law that prevents mass shootings." Read that sentence twice. That's not journalism — that's talking-points distribution with a dateline.

**The Threat Map They Accidentally Published**

Here's what The Trace didn't want to lead with: Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Texas are all advancing nearly identical anti-ERPO measures right now. Six states. Moving in the same direction. At the same moment.

That's not a coincidence. That's a coordinated constitutional counteroffensive — and Bloomberg's outlet just handed us the roster.

**What ERPOs Actually Do**

Extreme Risk Protection Orders let a court strip your firearms based on a complaint — from a neighbor, a panicked ex, a vindictive family member — before you face a single criminal charge, before you see a jury, before you get a meaningful day in court. Guns first. Questions later.

**That's not a safety tool. That's prior restraint on a constitutional right.**

The Trace calls this "due process." Every gun owner who's watched a no-knock seizure story knows better.

**Even Their Own Report Admits the Tide Is Turning**

Bury the lede enough and the truth still leaks out. The Trace acknowledges in its own piece that ERPO "bipartisan support" has collapsed — that even some Democrats who once backed these laws are backing away. When the opposition admits polarization, it means the public is catching on. It means the arguments aren't working anymore.

They published this piece for one reason: to generate lobby pressure against these bills before committee votes close the window. The Trace is the signal flare. Where the article drops, the money and the statehouse lobbyists follow within weeks. That's how this machine operates.

**What You Do Right Now**

South Carolina, Montana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Wyoming, and Texas legislators are drawing a hard line: enforce an unconstitutional gun seizure order in our state and face felony charges yourself. Accountability. Consequence. The Second Amendment with actual enforcement behind it.

If your state is on that list — or if it isn't yet — your state rep needs to hear from you before the committee window closes. Find the number. Make the call. Tell them you want the same protection.

The Bloomberg machine is already working the phones. **The only question is whether gun owners are louder.**

Watch this space — as these bills advance to floor votes, WTF News will track every state in real time.

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