South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster hosted a ceremony Tuesday spotlighting a new law that allows any adult who can legally own a gun to carry it openly without a permit.
This from msn.com.
According to reports, the Governor signed the bill into law as soon as it reached his desk. He also signed the permit allowing open carry.
And as a result, gun owners in South Carolina are now entirely uninfringed.
The Republican governor stated:
The new law will change several things, including how police perform their jobs. Guns can now be anywhere inside a vehicle, whether observable or hidden.
Of course, when approached and questioned by a police officer for whatever reason, anyone possessing a weapon—whether concealed or open—must inform the officer they have the firearm.
Concealed weapons permits are still available, and the bill makes the training free across the state. The 46 counties of South Carolina will be required to identify the funds—$4 to $5 million—to provide the classes.
The law also allows anyone ages 18 to 20 who does not have a felony conviction or other legal problem to carry a gun. The old concealed weapons law had set the minimum age to own a gun at 21.
Republican State Sen. Shane Martin who supported the bill through the Senate stated:
The Constitution doesn’t specify the age.
Whether you like it or not, those 18, 19, 20 year-olds should be eligible.
This new law’s signing is a significant affirmation for the Second Amendment.
And it is an appropriate response to gun control advocates, who having misidentified the problem, as liberals often do, see the nation-wide increasing gun violence as rationale for their strong push for stricter gun laws and taking guns away from law-abiding citizens.
However, a study has shown that states that don’t have strict firearm laws often have high rates of gun crimes. On the other hand, states that have strict gun laws enjoy more relative peace.
God speed to Conservatism and to the Take Back of our Constitutional Republic.
