Posted on 02/09/2024 4:15:38 AM PST by marktwain
The South Carolina Senate passed H. 3594 on February 1, 2024. The bill was passed in the South Carolina House in February of 2023 with a vote of 90 to 30. The Senate added a couple of changes in an amendment to the bill put forward by the president of the Senate, Shane A. Massie. Massie had previously been one of a few Republican South Carolina senators blocking the bill from passage. H. 3594, as amended, goes back to the House for a vote of concurrence with the amendment. The bill passed the Senate on a roll call vote, with 28 Republicans in favor, 1 Republican against (Senator Luke Rankin, district 33), and 1 Republican not voting, Senator George Campsen, district 43. One Democrat voted for the bill (Mike Fanning, district 17). Fourteen Democrats voted against the bill.
Ultimately, the bill’s sponsor, Senator Shane Martin (R-Greenville), expressed satisfaction with the outcome.
“I think today we ended up with a bill of what I wanted to accomplish– which is a law abiding citizen being able to exercise his or her constitutional rights under the Second Amendment without interference from government,” said Martin.
If the House agrees to the Senate’s changes, it will head to Gov. McMaster’s desk for approval.
The law wouldn’t change much about how a gun is legally acquired, but it does change penalties for gun crimes. In particular, penalties would be lessened for people who partake in gun safety training.
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Great, we have had it in Alabama for a couple of years now. Would be great if we could ever get all free states to follow suit.
One benefit of having a Resident CCW permit in the state where you live is that you can carry when traveling through other states that have CCW reciprocity with your state.
I’d like to see the reporting requirement loosened. Other than that, South Carolina is very close now to becoming the 28th state to allow Constitutional Carry.
I expect Louisiana to pass it next.
Here in North Carolina we probably won’t pass it until we replace the idiot governor Roy Cooper early next year.
Where's so much violence these days? Democrat-led cities and states, and those "gun free zones" wherein so much "looking for the motive" stuff goes on.
In NC I THINK you have never needed a permit to carry openly. As long as the gun is visable, I THINK you are OK.
I could be wrong though, I was once before.
I have a SC CWP which has limited reciprocity with other states. Very often FL and UT certification are also added to CWP classes to extend reciprocity. I would like to see a nationwide reciprocity bill passed. It is very uncomfortable going to blue states where you need to be armed the most.
If a person is ordered to turn in a registered gun, and they say: I don't know what happened to it, they can be prosecuted for not reporting it.
Here is an essay explaining the gambit.
I visited a SC manufacturer yesterday in the company of Canadian employ of that company.
He was awed by the fact that prominently on display on the doors and glass were “No guns allowed on premises” stickers. He mentioned it three times.
If there is permission to carry legally, can the company still display the signs and restrict guns from their facilities?
Your Constitution-defying state may differ. Hawaii?
I support the 2nd Amendment but also believe if folks want to carry, open or conceal, they should have to go a minimum amount of training to understand the dos or don’ts about what laws they may have to obey.
A consistent, long term goal of those who wish us disarmed, is universal gun registration.
It has been pushed for, hard, several times, and been defeated.
Yes, there is a federal law against federal gun registration.
Remember, there was a federal law protecting the sanctity of marraige, as between a man and a woman, right up until there wasn't.
Creating a legal requirement to report a lost or stolen gun is part of the scheme to place gun ownership completely under the legal control of the government.
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