One glimmer of hope in an otherwise dismal 2023-24 legislative session has been an attempt to address the critical shortage of teachers in South Carolina.

Several times this spring I wrote to Rep. Nancy Mace to express my fears and frustrations. She responded with form letters containing these telling phrases: “It’s clear gun control and gun bans don’t work.” And, “Democrats just want to ban guns.”

Both assertions are nonsense, which is what we repeatedly get from Mace.