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Here We Go: SC Sheriff Says He Fears Constitutional Carry Will Turn State Into 'Wild, Wild West'
Bearing Arms ^ | 3/8/24 | Cam Edwards

Posted on 03/09/2024 3:48:00 AM PST by 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at bearingarms.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; constitutionalcarry; donutwatch; henrymcmaster; leonlott; nra; police; richlandcounty; sc; secondamendment; sheriffleonlott; southcarolina
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To: C210N

I remember reading that many of the old Wild West towns actually had less crime and murders than Eastern cities in the same era.


61 posted on 03/09/2024 6:57:23 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: CFW

Richland County SC...2020 presidential voting results...

Biden...68%
Trump...30%

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott...Democrat.

This guy doesn’t pray to any god.


62 posted on 03/09/2024 7:04:55 AM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: CFW

Democrat in state capital county


63 posted on 03/09/2024 7:12:04 AM PST by wardaddy (. A disease in the public mind)
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To: CFW

” South Carolina has officially become the 29th state to adopt Constitutional Carry”

YES!

Will my state of NY be next? /S


64 posted on 03/09/2024 7:27:03 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: CFW

The Peacemaker tamed the west.


65 posted on 03/09/2024 7:49:03 AM PST by bgill
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66 posted on 03/09/2024 8:03:46 AM PST by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: CFW

Sheriff Leon Lott (D)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Lott

A man with “issues”.


67 posted on 03/09/2024 8:13:47 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("All he had was a handgun. Why did you think that was a threat?" --Rittenhouse Prosecutor)
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To: CFW

If every potential victim carried, potential perps would make less trouble.


68 posted on 03/09/2024 8:23:49 AM PST by lurk (u)
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To: exnavy

He sounds like a typical South Carolina Republican. Liberal and a pearl clutching granny. Does he not think people are not already carrying? Is he that stupid.


69 posted on 03/09/2024 8:24:56 AM PST by sarge83
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To: CFW

...because gang bangers and criminals would never think of carrying without a permit before this law...


70 posted on 03/09/2024 9:16:36 AM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: CFW

Leftists never let something so minor as being repeatedly wrong on a issue stop them from repeating the same old lies. It’s a unconscious psychological mechanism where people accuse others of harboring feelings that they cannot deal with consciously. They see themselves armed with a gun and imagine that they cannot control their urges, and project those feelings onto others.


71 posted on 03/09/2024 10:20:57 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants ( "It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled."- Mark Twain)
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To: BitWielder1

Bump


72 posted on 03/09/2024 10:35:33 AM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: Disambiguator

Me too, I live out here on the prairie in central Kansas where pretty much everyone carries a firearm on themselves or at the very least in their pickup. We don’t really seem to have any problems out here.


73 posted on 03/09/2024 10:43:40 AM PST by kawhill (kawhill)
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To: CFW
Why the 'Wild West' was not what Liberals claim...

Treat Them to a Good Dose of Lead

74 posted on 03/09/2024 11:08:35 AM PST by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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To: CFW

But letting, inviting, transporting illegals in won’t or has it already?


75 posted on 03/09/2024 11:09:44 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (Bye done!)
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To: CFW
So, what he's saying is that citizens of his state are fundamentally more violent than the 20+ states that already have Constitutional carry.

Interesting. I think it says more about him than the citizens of the state.

76 posted on 03/09/2024 12:17:37 PM PST by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: CFW

The sheriff is just worried that crime will go down and his budget will get cut.


77 posted on 03/09/2024 1:14:01 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy - EVs a solution for which there is no problem)
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To: Badboo

well well well he is a demonrat.


78 posted on 03/09/2024 2:04:55 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: PROCON

79 posted on 03/10/2024 9:22:05 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: metmom
"NH and ME are both Constitutional Carry states and have low crime rates.

Yes, I'm well aware. I'm a New Hampshire resident.

I see I should have used my "Sarcasm" tag. :D

80 posted on 03/10/2024 9:40:14 AM PDT by Oberon (John 12:5-6)
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