Here We Go: SC Sheriff Says He Fears Constitutional Carry Will Turn State Into 'Wild, Wild West'

Bearing Arms ^ | 3/8/24 | Cam Edwards

[CFW]

Now that South Carolina has officially become the 29th state to adopt Constitutional Carry (and the 28th to have the law formally take effect, since Louisiana's new statute doesn't kick in until July 4th), the state's few pro-gun control voices are ramping up their fearmongering. Everytown for Gun Safety's South Carolina chapter is already predicting the new law will lead to more violence and less safety, while the state's most politically powerful sheriff says he's turning to the Almighty to protect the state from Constitutional Carry's effects.

"Law enforcement agencies in South Carolina are bracing for what could happen as permitless carry of handguns becomes more widespread in the coming weeks, with one sheriff already fearing the worst.

“I just said a prayer last night that I hope my greatest fears don’t come true, and that’s that South Carolina becomes the Wild, Wild West,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told The Post and Courier.

Lott’s comments came as Gov. Henry McMaster signed a bill into law March 7 granting state residents the right to have handguns in most public places."

[kenmcg]

The asshole is worried about losing his job. The crime rate in SC will tumble down.

[ArcadeQuarters]

He knows who and where the criminals are. He fears legally armed patriots.

[chopperk]

Sheriff needs some remedial training.

[Ikeon]

Black bike week is the time to stay away, go on vacation for the weekend.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Have him check with Sheriff Grady Judd!

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

He needs to have a little faith. Power does that to a guy. Look at Favid as king.

[Delta 21]

[Disambiguator]

I live in the crime-ridden hellhole state of Idaho that has Constitutional Carry.

I don’t know how much longer I can take it.

[eyeamok]

Any and All Public Servants that take any action to Restrict, Infringe, or Deny any God Give Right enumerated in the US Constitution shall be Denied those Enumerated Rights in perpetuity

[BipolarBob]

[BitWielder1]

The Wild West was nowhere near as lawless as depicted in the movies.

Example source:
The Culture of Violence in the American West, Myth versus Reality
https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=803

[telescope115]

It’s one of the oldest arguments and one of the dumbest. It is the liberal lawmakers who are turning this country into the Wild West with their policies defunding police!

[telescope115]

New York City already is the Wild West, and not because of honest citizens carrying guns.

[TnTnTn]

Has not happened anywhere else…are sandlappers not capable of responsibility?

[Sooth2222]

He is a Democrat, so this is the Wild West that he probably means!

[XRdsRev]

There is a family from New Zealand on YouTube who recently posted videos of their first trip to the United States. They said they were very surprised to see few people carrying guns even in Texas. They had been led to believe that in the US people walked around with guns everywhere. And no, they are not anti gun types, just tourists who apparently really like America and wanted to visit.

[telescope115]

I wonder if he’s up for reelection….

[TnTnTn]

And, criminals have had permitless carry forever…there’s that Mr Sheriff..

[DouglasKC]

“I just said a prayer last night that I hope my greatest fears don’t come true, and that’s that South Carolina becomes the Wild, Wild West,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott told The Post and Courier.

Only place that's ever happened are places where it's illegal. Chicago for example and other urban centers.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Everytown for Gun Safety’s South Carolina chapter is already predicting the new law will lead to more violence and less safety,***

The screaming fit happens after each State returns to Constitutional law. Yet nothing happens.