Posted on 02/02/2013 2:47:37 PM PST by EXCH54FE
As the United Nations and the Obama administration combine to outlaw private ownership of weapons and ammunition, state and local leaders nationwide are responding to the crisis.
As The New American continues to report, sheriffs, county commissions, and state legislators are passing bills aimed at stopping the federal gun grab at their sovereign borders.
On January 16, four South Carolina state senators joined the fight to protect the Second Amendment and to safeguard their citizens from federal tyranny.
Senate Bill 247 is sponsored by state Senators Tom Corbin, Tom Davis, Kevin Bryant, and Lee Bright. Although only four senators currently sponsor the bill, sources inside the South Carolina House of Representatives report that a companion measure will soon be offered in that chamber, as well.
The Senate bill aims to protect the right of citizens of the Palmetto State to keep and bear arms by amending the definition and rights of the state’s “unorganized militia.”
According to Section 25-1-80 of the South Carolina Code, “an able-bodied citizen of this State who is over seventeen years of age and can legally purchase a firearm is deemed a member of the South Carolina Unorganized Militia, unless he is already a member of the National Guard or the organized militia not in National Guard service.”
The newly proposed bill exempts all members of the unorganized militia (essentially everybody over 17) from complying with federal firearms restrictions passed after January 1, 2013.
Per the bill, “A militia member, at his own expense, shall have the right to possess and keep all arms that could be legally acquired or possessed by a South Carolina citizen as of December 31, 2012. This includes shouldered rifles and shotguns, handguns, clips, magazines, and all components.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thenewamerican.com ...
I wrote an american thinker article about this.
Good to hear.
I think this is brilliant. I have been proposing something similar for 30 years. I did not think any state government had the guts. I would love to see it in Arizona.
Thank you Mr. Bryant!
This is a bill, not a law.
What is the forecast for passage in the legislature?
I’m not in SC, sorry, can’t answer your question.
Now if SC would only decide to honor CCWs from other States (like MS) - If I visit my son I have to disarm or risk arrest and confiscation of my weapon.
How neat is that? I could be a militia member and not even know it. I love the gun laws in this state.
The media, in and outside of our state, will freak out over this as it gains more support.
I did!!! I did I did sigh
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