South Carolina State Senators Begin Debate on Constitutional Carry Bill

Published on January 25, 2024

South Carolina may be closer to becoming the 28th state to formally guarantee the right to carry a firearm without a permit, also known as “constitutional carry.” But one Second Amendment organization says the bill may bounce between the state House and state Senate as legislators file dueling amendments. “It can go back and forth for quite a while,” James Moffitt, vice president of South Carolina Carry Inc., wrote in an email to The Epoch Times. The bill, titled H. 3594, has already passed in the South Carolina House of Representatives and is up for debate on the floor of the state Senate. The proposed law would eliminate the requirement for a concealed weapons permit, lower the age to purchase and carry a firearm to 21, and set a comprehensive list of “sensitive areas” in which guns are prohibited....

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