South Carolina H 5034: Optus Bank

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2025-2026 Bill 5034 Text of Previous Version (Jan. 28, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5034

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A house RESOLUTION

TO HONOR ALEX 
PRETTI AND HIS COMMITMENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND CIVIC VALUES, TO CONDEMN 
HIS MURDER BY FEDERAL AGENTS, AND TO CALL ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HOLD TO 
ACCOUNT THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF UNITED 
STATES CITIZENS.

Whereas, on January 24, 
2026, Alex Pretti, a thirty-seven-year-old intensive care nurse at a VA 
hospital, was murdered by a United States Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; and

Whereas, the Second 
Amendment to the United States Constitution affirms the right of citizens to 
keep and bear arms as an essential liberty fundamental to a free society; and

Whereas, Alex Pretti 
owned a handgun and had a permit to carry a concealed handgun in Minnesota, a 
state that does not restrict permit carriers from having firearms at protests. 
Lawful possession of a weapon is the essence of the Second Amendment; and

Whereas, civic 
participation, in the form of protests, allows citizens to actively engage in 
the defense of their constitutional rights and is not a justification for 
murder at the hands of federal agents; and

Whereas, federal agents, 
who are expected to preserve and protect the public and uphold the protections 
guaranteed by the United States Constitution, must be held accountable for 
justifying the force that led to the murder of a lawful gun owner; and

Whereas, recently, some 
federal agents have begun using masks to hide their identity while invoking the 
power and authority of the United States government, making it difficult to 
identify agents who exceed the scope and authority of their duties while also heightening 
tensions among peaceful individuals merely exercising the constitutional rights 
that these agents are meant to uphold and protect; and

Whereas, constitutional 
principles and civic engagement must never be used to perpetuate ongoing 
violence and fear or to rationalize actions of the federal government against 
individuals exercising their constitutional rights. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, honor Alex Pretti and his commitment to constitutional 
rights and civic values, condemn his murder by federal agents, and call on the 
federal government to hold to account those individuals who violate the 
constitutional rights of United States citizens.

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the members of the South 
Carolina congressional delegation.

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