This is elitist hypocrisy in its highest degree.  Links are provided.

From The Richmond Times Dispatch:

"TABOR CITY, NC — A sheriff says a North Carolina state senator shot one of two intruders at his home and hospital officials say the man is in fair condition.

Multiple media outlets reported that Columbus County Sheriff Chris Batten said that 74-year-old Sen. R.C. Soles of Tabor City shot Kyle Blackburn late Sunday afternoon.

A spokeswoman at Loris Community Hospital in South Carolina said Monday that Blackburn was in fair condition.

Batten says the shooting occurred when two men went to the senator’s house and tried to kick in his front door. No charges have been filed.

The sheriff’s office said the State Bureau of Investigation was handling the case. A call to an agency spokeswoman was not immediately returned. There was no answer at a number listed for Soles’ home.

The Democrat has been in the Senate 32 years."

From Nationalgunrights.org:

"North Carolina Senator R.C. Soles used a firearm to defend himself from a home invasion.  Soles, 71, shot and wounded one of two assailants as they kicked in his front door.

Sounds like a simple case of a prepared citizen using a handgun to defend himself right?

As Paul Harvey used to say, here’s the rest of the story.

R.C. Soles, a Democrat State Senator, is one of the most outspoken anti-gun legislators in North Carolina.  He consistently receives an anti-gun rating from GrassRoots GunRights North Carolina.

Senator Soles is the worst kind of hypocrite.   He’s perfectly willing to use a gun to defend himself and his loved ones, but has spent his political career trying to prevent law-abiding citizens in North Carolina from defending themselves with a firearm."