Posted on 02/19/2024 6:58:15 AM PST by marktwain
On February 13, 2024, the South Carolina House rejected changes to the Constitutional Carry bill, which was passed in the South Carolina Senate in January. The House re-passed the bill as it was previously overwhelmingly passed by the House in 2022. The vote for H 3594 was 85 to 26, with 8 house members not voting and four house members on excused absences. The House Majority leader, Davey Hiott explained the action. From X:
“While I respect the intentions and efforts of the Senate, the House Republican Caucus remains united in our decision to non-concur with the senate’s changes. We will return a clean version of the Constitutional Carry – Second Amendment Preservation Act to the Senate next week, the exact version that was overwhelmingly passed by the House last year. Our dedication to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens remains steadfast. It is our firm belief that this bill, in its original form, best reflects the fundamental rights and feedoms of our constituents.”
– House Majority Leader Davey Hiott
Governor McMaster may be backing away from his promise to sign the Constitutional Carry bill if it passes. From X:
“For over two years law enforcement and victims of crime have been begging this General Assembly to pass a bill with stricter increased penalties for illegal gun use and possession. This is how we keep career criminals behind bars and not out on bond shooting and killing innocent South Carolinians.”
“The public is losing confidence. So am I.”
– Governor Henry McMaster.
Because the bill has already been to the full Senate, it does not have to go through a Senate committee again.
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
The conference committee would be three senators and three House members. They would try to come up with a compromise acceptable to the committee, which would then be vote on by both the House and the Senate.
we sure wish the politicians would stop screwing around with our rights of citizenship and just remove the infringements on our Constitutionally=recognized individual liberties. Those “laws” are both illegal and a gross embarrassment to the state.
BUMP
I curious about what “poison pills” were included in the senate version.
The house already demanded a conference committee with Caskey, BJ Cox, and Bamberg appointed.
Thanks. Interesting.
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