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South Carolina State Senator Lee Bright shows his last name to be misleading

Appearing on Fox News Radio's The Alan Colmes Show , South Carolina State Senator and Tea Partier voted to have the most ironic name - Lee Bright - got into the following discussion with Mr. Colmes: Colmes: "So [teachers] shouldn't have machine guns?" Bright: "I would think a teacher protecting a school grounds should be able to carry whatever she can carry legally." Colmes: "So should machine guns be legal to carry?" Bright: "The Second Amendment is pretty clear. It says the right to carry arms should not be infringed. [...]" Colmes: "So you should be able to have any gun you want?" Bright: "Well, I don't see how the government can regulate it." It appears as if Mr. Bright's last name is extremely misleading since he seems to be quite uneducated with regard to governmental gun regulations which are currently in place - with regard to machine guns, in particular. In 1986, Congress passed the Firea...