It is good to see more and more states pass legislation protecting our Second Amendment rights. SC makes #29. Is there a 30th state on the horizon?
BTW, Sheriff Lott needs to be voted out of office. It is obvious he does not support the 2nd Amendment rights of the citizens in his county.
Been said many times, not happening.
And there seems to be no increase in gun crime in any of the constitutional carry states once the laws take effect.
The truth is that crime is mainly committed by criminals.
Criminals make up a small percentage of the population but commit almost all of the crime.
The solution to keeping the violent crime rate low is deterring or incarcerating violent criminals.
The Democrats are encouraging, enabling and normalizing violent crime and preventing law enforcement so we are getting more crime.
The people LEOs have to worry about we’re already carrying without a permit.
Should be: restoring the right...
Shows the ideological bias of the writer...
I did not see where the law limits carry to residents of South Carolina.
It mostly refers to "persons".
Vote out the commie sheriff
The fact is, the ‘wild wild west” was a good deal less wild than many of our cities today.
The problem is that there are so many blacks in SC. But their criminal element is already carrying illegally.
Bike week is going to be interesting to watch.
When all men carry knives, everyone watches their tongue. Politeness rules the day and the land is serene.
He must mean like in all the other states that adopted Vermont Carry, i.e. Constitutional Carry, i.e. you don't need a permit to carry concealed?
The guy doesn't know much.
If cops and judges did their jobs - and we had fast doors moving murderers and rapists to the execution chambers we wouldn’t need “wild wild west”.
Don’t believe a word these “authoritas” say. They want this.
Richland County is Columbia SC region- close to the state capitol. Kinda blue area. Sheriff is pandering.
Does he mean “wild wild west” of the movies, or of the actual pioneering wild west?
Because if it’s the latter, that’d be a very good thing in these days of lawlessness.
can he cite one state with constitutional carry where that has happened? just one?
Wild, wild west ... as opposed to being targets in a shooting gallery?
I’ll take the wild, wild west any day.
Despite complete and total evidence in 26 other states to the contrary, this a-hole runs his mouth but will never admit he was a tool when later proved wrong.
Do everyone a favor and resign now you flaming pos.
Not that I have any strong opinions on the matter.
P.S. from WV. No. 9 in 2016, and not a peep from similar jerk face pig cops who said the same lies.
He is afraid his guys might miss out on some overtime.
If only justice were meted out as it was in the “wild, wild west”.
We don’t need to speculate about this. 28 states have adopted constitutional carry. Has it turned those states into the Wild West?
Have crime rates exploded there?
Has every altercation turned into a shootout?
Oh. I see. Then why would that happen in South Carolina when it didn’t happen anywhere else?
Fear Mongering fail.
Interesting to me are real and fictional town marshals in western towns. A great fictional town marshal, Virgil Cole, banned guns as one of his very first acts everywhere he went.
Turns out he was in violation of the second amendment by doing so. I wonder about say Boston or New York in the 1870’s. Did they outlaw guns way back then. Were they the precedent for a gun free Appaloosa?