Following the Sunday mass shooting on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said that judges need to start imposing stricter sentences for violent criminals and repeat offenders.
Speaking after delivering the keynote address at the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the Region event, McMaster said the shooting was ‘unfortunate,’ that he had not spoken to local authorities about the incident and that Sheriff P.J. Tanner likely had it under control.
“I haven’t spoken to [Tanner]. I think some of the folks in my office have spoken to him, but he’s a quite able sheriff and whatever he says, I think you can depend on that. He’ll give you all the information he thinks he ought to,” McMaster said…