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The version of House Bill 3594 passed by the South Carolina Senate one month ago received pushback from more hard-line "gun rights" supporters who disagreed with certain additions to the bill. S.C ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina would provide free gun training and allow anyone who can legally own a gun to carry their weapon in public under a bill that passed the state Senate on Thursday.
Permitless firearm carry is now legal in South Carolina. Gov. Henry McMaster on Thursday afternoon signed the bill, which was prefiled in the state House of Representatives in December 2022.
Permit required for concealed carry? N/A: No: SC Code 23-31-210: South Carolina is a "shall issue" state for citizens and lawful permanent residents who are 18 years or older. Permitless carry took effect on March 14, 2024. Permit required for open carry? No: No: SC Code 16-23-20: May carry openly without permit. Castle Doctrine/Stand Your ...
Previously, HB 271 was introduced in 2011 to allow constitutional carry. The bill passed the House with a vote of 55–45 and passed the Senate with a vote of 29–21. [57] [58] It was vetoed by then-Governor Brian Schweitzer on May 10, 2011, [59] and was unable to gather the necessary two-thirds majority to overturn the veto. [60]
Open carry prohibited. Open carry was briefly legal from July 27, 2015 to July 29, 2015 due to a court ruling. Florida: Illegal [20] [21] Open carry is generally prohibited with certain exceptions, such as when one is at home, their place of work, hunting, fishing, camping, or while practice shooting and while traveling to and from those ...
The state Senate has passed South Carolina's permitless "constitutional" carry bill, leaving only Governor Henry McMaster's signature as the last step before it becomes state law.
Twenty-seven other states allow open carry of guns without a permit, including nearly every state in the Deep South. But the bill is in limbo as some Senate Republicans insist on adding a carrot ...