Bill Would Allow South Carolinians to Carry Guns Without Concealed Weapons Permits

wsav.com ^ | 14 December, 2012 | Robert Kittle

[marktwain]

The Tea Party will elect more legislators like Senator Bright.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Um...correct me if I’m wrong, but having lived there, I’m pretty sure the ‘Toothless Hill Country Folk’ are already doin’ this! ;)

Thank goodness their Rep-ree-sent-a-tives are finally catchin’ UP, LOL!

[unixfox]

The ONLY permit we need is the 2nd Amendment. And it doesn’t cost a dime.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Any time you have to ask permission from the governmnet, it is no longer a right.

[CynicalBear]

As a SC resident I will say “good on him” and hope this gets through.

[upchuck]

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[JohnBrowdie]

ummm, we had better think this through. carrying a handgun without a permit is the cause of many arrests in SC, which, in turn, takes thousands of murdering thugs off the streets.

I am totally cool with getting a permit. the bastard that wants to mug me is not. it won’t keep a gun out of his hands, but it will get him thrown into jail.

[marktwain]

I am totally cool with getting a permit. the bastard that wants to mug me is not. it won’t keep a gun out of his hands, but it will get him thrown into jail.

If he has a record, it will still be illegal for him to carry a gun.

I am not "cool" with having to obtain state permission to exercise your rights. It is a good incremental way to advance to constitutional carry, but it is not constitutional carry.

[2nd amendment mama]

Do you also believe it's a good idea to have a permit to exercise your freedom to speak or a permit to exercise any of your other rights? Why would you choose to allow the state to require a permit to exercise your 2nd amendment rights? This is definitely a step in the right direction.

[PistolPaknMama]

Toothless Hill Country Folk’

Not everybody in "hill country" in SC is toothless, although I'm sure everyone in Wisconsin has perfect teeth, not that that has anything to do with this subject, but you brought it up.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Oh, relax.

Hillbillies are Hillbillies no matter WHERE we live. Proud of it! :)

[ThePatriotsFlag]

It will never get out of committee. We’ve had a bill “stuck” for 3 years just trying to get us to be able to carry into a restaurant that serves liquor. The same guy quashes it, and he’ll get this one too. (I’m tired of “hope” ... as recently said, “Hope is not a strategy” so I’m not listening to any of this stuff anymore ... when they “pass” it tell me).

[The_Media_never_lie]

What is wrong with an 8 hour training class on firearms?

Flame away.....

[Azeem]

South Carolina is the only state in the South I can’t CC in (and won’t visit). Tell your governor to honor Indiana’s LTCH. At least allow non-resident Utah permits.

[Mr Rogers]

“What is wrong with an 8 hour training class on firearms?”

I had fired many thousands of rounds over a 30+ year period before I took my official, government approved class. It didn’t teach me anything I hadn’t already learned by reading my state laws on a website.

However, I did need to wait about 6 weeks to get in a class, and it took another month to receive my license. If I had been concerned about someone threatening me, I would have been dead before my license came. Your right to self-defense is not something the government should regulate.

BTW - my license arrived the same day Arizona no longer required it...

[elcid1970]

It is legal in S.C. to carry a loaded handgun in the glovebox or console of your car (”lockable container”), no permit required.

The no-CCW bill isn’t too farfetched, IMO.

[Taxman]

Constitutional Carry ping!

[onedoug]

‘The South is rising again.’

[riverrunner]

I have run into a few of those Wisconsin hillbillies.

Not any differant from the southern hillbillies I have known.