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South Carolina Gov, Henry McMaster has held a ceremony marking a new law allowing any adult who can legally own a gun to carry the weapon openly without a permit.
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Gov. Henry McMaster signed the Second Amendment Preservation Act, also known as South Carolina Constitutional Carry, into law on Thursday. The law allows anyone who an legally own a gun to carry it openly without a permit.
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The S.C. House voted Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, to reject Senate-approved changes to the lower chamber's so-called "constitutional carry" bill that would loosen gun restrictions in South Carolina.
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State lawmakers have a long list of Public Safety bills on their agenda for this legislative session. That list includes cracking down on violent offenders being chronically released on bond, stemming the fentanyl epidemic, allowing capital punishment to resume, and pay increases for law enforcement officers. All those bills advanced through the General Assembly this week. So did a controversial gun bill that opponents claim will make the state less safe.
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Republican lawmakers in South Carolina are reviving efforts to allow firearm owners to carry handguns without a permit, either openly or concealed. The House Judiciary Committee approved a bill Tuesday in a 16-7 vote along party lines. The new proposal bars carrying a gun at correctional facilities, courthouses, Election Day polling places, preschools, religious sanctuaries and doctor's offices, among other places. But similar proposals have divided the GOP-controlled General Assembly in recent years.
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A city outside Charleston has become the latest community to ban people from openly carrying firearms at public events. The Goose Creek City Council on Tuesday approved the ban on public property at permitted events, including parades and protests.
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Under the new law, firearms are still prohibited on State House grounds, school grounds when students are in school or involved in extracurricular activities, and in places where signage states they are not allowed.