Rep. Brandon Cox, R-Goose Creek, speaks to the Juvenile Crime Assessment and Strategic Reform Ad Hoc Committee during a meeting in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Screenshot of SCETV legislative livestream)
COLUMBIA — After a recent spate of shootings involving teenagers, a panel of South Carolina legislators is looking at ways to reduce the amount of gun violence involving children and teens.
Violence among children and problems in the system meant to help them is not a new issue. For years, the Department of Juvenile Justice has grappled with overcrowding, understaffing and the resulting violence among children at the state’s detention centers…