Can I carry a firearm into South Carolina?

[T-Roy]

Is the reason we don't have reciprocity with SC (and Ohio) due to the fact that GA does not require a training class before getting a GWL?

I've read that's why SC doesn't recognize ours.

 

[JRS58]

That's what I thought. It is not a terrible idea to require training of some sort.

 

[tmoore912]

Where do you guys come up with all this bogus information?

http://www.sled.sc.gov/SCStateGunLaws1.aspx

SECTION 16-23-20. Unlawful carrying of handgun; exceptions.

It is unlawful for anyone to carry about the person any handgun, whether concealed or not, except as follows, unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law:

(1) regular, salaried law enforcement officers, and reserve police officers of a state agency, municipality, or county of the State, uncompensated Governor’s constables, law enforcement officers of the federal government or other states when they are carrying out official duties while in this State, deputy enforcement officers of the Natural Resources Enforcement Division of the Department of Natural Resources, and retired commissioned law enforcement officers employed as private detectives or private investigators;

(2) members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard, organized reserves, or the State Militia when on duty;

(3) members, or their invited guests, of organizations authorized by law to purchase or receive firearms from the United States or this State or regularly enrolled members, or their invited guests, of clubs organized for the purpose of target shooting or collecting modern and antique firearms while these members, or their invited guests, are at or going to or from their places of target practice or their shows and exhibits;

(4) licensed hunters or fishermen who are engaged in hunting or fishing or going to or from their places of hunting or fishing while in a vehicle or on foot;

(5) a person regularly engaged in the business of manufacturing, repairing, repossessing, or dealing in firearms, or the agent or representative of this person, while possessing, using, or carrying a handgun in the usual or ordinary course of the business;

(6) guards authorized by law to possess handguns and engaged in protection of property of the United States or any agency of the United States;

(7) members of authorized military or civil organizations while parading or when going to and from the places of meeting of their respective organizations;

(8) a person in his home or upon his real property or a person who has the permission of the owner or the person in legal possession or the person in legal control of the home or real property;

(9) a person in a vehicle if the handgun is secured in a closed glove compartment, closed console, closed trunk, or in a closed container secured by an integral fastener and transported in the luggage compartment of the vehicle; however, this item is not violated if the glove compartment, console, or trunk is opened in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the sole purpose of retrieving a driver’s license, registration, or proof of insurance;

(10) a person carrying a handgun unloaded and in a secure wrapper from the place of purchase to his home or fixed place of business or while in the process of changing or moving one’s residence or changing or moving one’s fixed place of business;

(11) a prison guard while engaged in his official duties;

(12) a person who is granted a permit under provision of law by the State Law Enforcement Division to carry a handgun about his person, under conditions set forth in the permit, and while transferring the handgun between the permittee’s person and a location specified in item (9);

(13) the owner or the person in legal possession or the person in legal control of a fixed place of business, while at the fixed place of business, and the employee of a fixed place of business, other than a business subject to Section 16-23-465, while at the place of business; however, the employee may exercise this privilege only after: (a) acquiring a permit pursuant to item (12), and (b) obtaining the permission of the owner or person in legal control or legal possession of the premises;

(14) a person engaged in firearms related activities while on the premises of a fixed place of business which conducts, as a regular course of its business, activities related to sale, repair, pawn, firearms training, or use of firearms, unless the premises is posted with a sign limiting possession of firearms to holders of permits issued pursuant to item (12);

(15) a person while transferring a handgun directly from or to a vehicle and a location specified in this section where one may legally possess the handgun.

(16) Any person on a motorcycle when the pistol is secured in a closed saddlebag or other similar closed accessory container attached, whether permanently or temporarily, to the motorcycle.

SECTION 23-31-230. Carrying concealed weapons between automobile and accommodation.

Notwithstanding any provision of law, any person may carry a concealable weapon from an automobile or other motorized conveyance to a room or other accommodation he has rented and upon which an accommodations tax has been paid.

 

[Hasselhoss]

^^ Good info in that link. Great Post. Thanks

 

[Comanche]

I called each state police barracks before I took a trip from Ga to Pa last summer.

You would be surprised at how many state police agencies did not know the laws and just have me " I thinks."

 

[yellowhammer]

I just came through there.I looked it up prior.You can have a loaded handgun in console or glove box,unlocked is ok.No GA permits are honored,no open carry,either.For $14 you can go online and get a brochure with laws of all the states,updated each year.I buy one every year.I rarely stop while going through SC,only when running low on gas.No overnight stays due to their laws.

 

[Bigredgum]

He wrote it out and said you can pay me $50 right here and go on yer way or follow me to the nearest city hall and post bond, yer choice. Hesitantly, I dished out a $50, as time was with it and he probably spent it on PBR.

Did you still get a copy of the ticket? I wonder what he would have said, had you asked, respectfully of course, for a receipt marked "paid in cash"?

 

[SSSTANG]

So this applies to non-residents, right?

Where do you guys come up with all this bogus information?

http://www.sled.sc.gov/SCStateGunLaws1.aspx

 

[tv_racin_fan]

That's what I thought. It is not a terrible idea to require training of some sort.

It is indeed a terribly horrible idea.

Govt required training.. Ok lets just say it isn't a terrible idea.

What sort of cost limit would you put on this requored training? $100? $300? $1000? Whatever limit YOU think would be reasonable the govt will probably tripple. The cost of the GFL has already risen to nearly $100. In GA you don't renew you reapply and it costs the same as if it were a new one so you can bet you would have to have training every time as well.

Would it bother you if you were required to go out of state in order to get that required training? (this is the case in DC since you must have training and they do not have any ranges in DC)

How about if the govt required you to wait until they had tested your firearm? (I believe that is also in the DC laws) SO you might could purchase a firearm but before you could take possession now you must go out of state for training that cost $300+ and you still have to wait until the govt tests your firearm before you can take possession of your now dirty handgun and possibly damaged (you know how govt workers take care of things).

Yeah that sounds like a reasonable idea to me....

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That's what I thought. It is not a terrible idea to require training of some sort.

It is indeed a terribly horrible idea.

Govt required training.. Ok lets just say it isn't a terrible idea.

What sort of cost limit would you put on this requored training? $100? $300? $1000? Whatever limit YOU think would be reasonable the govt will probably tripple. The cost of the GFL has already risen to nearly $100. In GA you don't renew you reapply and it costs the same as if it were a new one so you can bet you would have to have training every time as well.

Would it bother you if you were required to go out of state in order to get that required training? (this is the case in DC since you must have training and they do not have any ranges in DC)

How about if the govt required you to wait until they had tested your firearm? (I believe that is also in the DC laws) SO you might could purchase a firearm but before you could take possession now you must go out of state for training that cost $300+ and you still have to wait until the govt tests your firearm before you can take possession of your now dirty handgun and possibly damaged (you know how govt workers take care of things).

Yeah that sounds like a reasonable idea to me....

 

[tmoore912]

So this applies to non-residents, right?

That is correct, and it can also apply to any South Carolina resident who does not have a CWP license.