Here's how much money South Carolina politicians received from the NRA

by Michael King

Wed, June 1st 2022, 5:27 PM UTC

FILE - Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. The U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican is putting forth what he characterizes as a positive response to partisan rhetoric on race that he’s best-positioned to rebut. Tim Scott of South Carolina tells The Associated Press that he hopes a video series on issues he sees as pertinent to the Black community will help refocus a fraught national conversation on race. Scott has timed the release in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, waits to speak to reporters following bi-partisan passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 10, 2022. Graham is among a handful of Republicans declaring a willingness to back President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court. Graham has been promoting U.S. District Judge Michelle Childs as his preferred choice to replace the retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Rep. Tom Rice, R-S.C., talks with residents at a temporary housing facility, S.C., on Feb. 24, 2022. Rice is one of two South Carolina House Republicans facing spirited primary challenges this summer from rivals backed by former President Donald Trump that could signal the former president's grip on the party as he weighs another White House bid. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

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FILE - Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 30, 2021. The U.S. Senate’s only Black Republican is putting forth what he characterizes as a positive response to partisan rhetoric on race that he’s best-positioned to rebut. Tim Scott of South Carolina tells The Associated Press that he hopes a video series on issues he sees as pertinent to the Black community will help refocus a fraught national conversation on race. Scott has timed the release in conjunction with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — The mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Texas sparked a renewed conversation nationwide on gun laws and the politics surrounding them.

ABC News 4 looked into the financial contributions South Carolina politicians have received from the National Rifle Association (NRA).

Sen. Tim Scott tops the list at $20,400, with Congressman Jeff Duncan and SC Attorney General Alan Wilson trailing him at $11,000 and $10,500 respectively.

We reached out to Tim Scott's, Alan Wilson's and Tom Rice's offices on Monday. As of the publication of this article, we haven't heard back.

The numbers are as follows, listed in order of the politician's name, the number of NRA contributions they have received and the amount of money they have received in total since 2011.

Tim Scott - 13 - $20,400
Jeff Duncan - 11 - $11,000
Alan Wilson - 3 - $10,500
Tom Rice - 9 - $10,000
Lindsey Graham - 2 - $9,900
Joe Wilson - 9 - $9,000
Nancy Mace - 3 - $6,950
Mick Mulvaney - 7 - $6,500
Trey Gowdy - 6 - $6,000
Mark Sanford - 5 - $6,000
Ralph Norman - 5 - $5,000
Henry McMaster - 1 - $3,500
William Timmons - 3 - $3,000
Katie Arrington - 1 - $2,000
Shane Massey - 1 - $1,000
Jay Lucas - 1 - $1,000
Bobby Cox - 2 - $750
Gary Simrill - 1 $500
Mike Pitts - 1 - $500
Chip Campsen - 1 - $250
Brian White - 1 - $250

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