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The 15-year old boy is the son of a deputy "constable" in the Houston area. He and his 12 year old sister were alone in the home. He grabbed his father's AR-15 and pulled the trigger. The gun did not shoot by itself, contrary to the usual liberal screed. The gun was used to do what it is intended to do, protect the owner. In North Carolina, State Senator R. C. Soles, a Democrat and an attorney, with a long record of supporting anti-gun legislation, shot at two men, former clients, on his property, hitting one of them with his...

Anti-Gun Senator Shoots Intruder State Senator R.C. Soles (D - NC) Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City, N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician's home county said. The intruder, Kyle Blackburn, was taken to a South Carolina hospital, but the injuries were not reported to be life-threatening, according to Rex Gore, district attorney for Columbus, Bladen andBrunswick counties. The State Bureau of Investigation and Columbus County Sheriff's Department are investigating the shooting, Gore said. Soles, who was not arrested,declined to discuss the...

WHITEVILLE, NC (WECT) – A judge accepted a guilty plea entered by North Carolina's longest-serving legislator Thursday afternoon. R.C. Soles entered a guilty plea for A1 misdemeanor assault with deadly weapon in court, just before 2:15. Soles turned himself into authorities in January after being indicted by a Grand Jury. The Columbus County Democrat admitted to shooting 22-year-old Kyle Blackburn in the leg at the senator's home in Tabor City last August. Click here to read the official indictment [PDF]The 75-year-old claims he shot Blackburn in self defense after Blackburn and 23-year-old Billie Wright kicked at his door. Soles is...

It's been one of the biggest stories of the year in eastern North Carolina. State Senator RC Soles is under criminal investigation following a series of stories we broke on WWAY. The Columbus County Democrat is being investigated for allegations of child molestation and for shooting a man at his home. Our coverage started in August 2008, after we learned a number of Sen. Soles' young, male legal clients were repeatedly arrested at the Senator's home and office. The charges ranged from trespassing and theft, to more serious offenses like extortion and arson. We spoke with several of the young...

RALEIGH -- Sen. R.C. Soles, a Tabor City Democrat, said Wednesday he will not seek re-election next year, a decision that comes three weeks after a Columbus County grand jury found probable cause to indict him for shooting a young man in the leg outside Soles' home in August. Soles, 75, is the longest serving member of the Senate and, as chairman of the Democratic caucus, a member of the leadership. He is the latest in a string of senior Democrats stepping down that likely change the look and likely the style of how the Senate operates. "I plan to...

Says he was 13 when Soles lured him to his homeRALEIGH — A 47-year-old North Carolina man says that when he was 13 years old State Sen. R. C. Soles Jr. of Tabor City lured him to his secluded lakeside home, plied him with alcohol, and sexually assaulted him. The man said Soles, 74, a 40-year veteran of the North Carolina General Assembly and chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus, threatened him and his family to gain his silence. “He told me if I ever told anyone he would make life hell for me and my parents,” he told Carolina...

Breaking News: Sen. R.C. Soles or his neighbors have placed dozens of calls to local law enforcement in recent years in response to arguments or altercations with young men at his law office or home. Okay, so maybe that’s not really news to local folks who’ve been following the Soles saga for months now, but the Raleigh News & Observer has a new story today that fills in some intriguing details. For example, through his attorney, Soles is playing the victim: “Those young men have, in essence, been terrorizing him for years,” said Joe Cheshire, Soles’ defense attorney. “He has...

TABOR CITY - A handful of young men chase R.C. Soles Jr. all over town. If he's eating breakfast downtown at Mama's Restaurant, the teens and 20-somethings - former clients of the lawyer and state senator - will often wait on the sidewalk for him to exit. They've camped out by his car to wait for him to leave church on Sunday mornings, and they often park in the cemetery at the end of his road so they can see when he heads home. If he ignores them, the young men yell and cause a scene. When he leaves, they...

North Carolina State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, the longest-serving lawmaker in the General Assembly, shot a home invader as he tried to break into his home Sunday. He shot 22-year-old Thomas Kyle Blackburn in the leg as Blackburn and another man allegedly tried to break down his door. They apparently were both legal clients of the senator. The Senator, who has made a career of being against gun rights for you and me, didn't hesitate to defend himself with his own gun when he believed he was in immediate danger, and was the victim of a crime against himself. In...

Here we go again! As posted on the in- state 2nd Amendment Civil Rights Organization Grass Roots North Carolina website Senator Soles voting record on the Right To Keep And Bear Arms was evaluated at *ONE* Star.

Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten said Kyle Blackburn was taken to Loris Community Hospital in South Carolina, though he did not know the extent of his injuries. The shooting occurred on Soles’ property in Tabor City when two men went to the senator’s house and tried to kick in his front door, Batten said. The other man involved in the incident is B.J. Wright, Batten said. The State Bureau of Investigation is probing the shooting, Batten said, because the agency is already looking into accusations against the senator. A man accused Soles of attempting to molest him, leading authorities to...

TABOR CITY - Allegations that state Sen. R.C. Soles Jr. made a sexual advance toward Stacy Osteen Scott 12 years ago, when he was 15, are untrue, Scott said Monday. Scott made the allegations a year ago in an interview that Wilmington TV station WWAY broadcast last week. In the interview, Scott said Soles tried to fondle him and paid him $1,000 to keep quiet. "I was high," Scott said of the interview. He said he had taken Zanex, Percocet, cocaine, alcohol and marijuana the day of the interview and was coerced into making the allegations by a family member...

Many people in the community have been telling us for months that the behavior with Senator Soles and various young men in Columbus County has been happening for a long time. Today, we are taking a look at why there is no official action has been taken to date. "He did try to molest me when I was 15 years old,” said Soles’ client, Stacey Scott in August 2008. Stacey Scott tells NewsChannel 3 there are a lot of reasons he has not come forward before now to talk to authorities about State Senator RC Soles. One of them is...

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