South Carolina Now Permitless Carry State

[Gary Slider]

South Carolina – The Governor has signed Bill 3594 making South Carolina the 29^th state to pass Permitless Carry. It lowers the age to apply for a permit and to carry under permitless carry to 18. Though Louisiana Governor signed his bill first (28^th state) the South Carolina Bill went  into effect the moment the Governor signed it while Louisiana will not go into effect until July 4.       https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess125_2023-2024/prever/3594_20240305.htm

[ChuteTheMall]

Thanks for calling it "permitless carry" instead of "constitutional carry" which would imply no infringements.  

[FullClip]

Glad to see another state join the club.  I imagine a lot of idjits down there were saying "the streets will be rivers of blood", just like they did several years ago when here in Maine passed Constitutional Carry.

[minderasr]

How does permitless carry work?  Open carry, but permit required to carry concealed?

[FullClip]

On 3/8/2024 at 8:58 AM, minderasr said:

How does permitless carry work?  Open carry, but permit required to carry concealed?

Here in Maine it means no permit needed for concealed carry as long as you're not a felon or somebody else who is prohibited from owning a handgun.  You can still obtain a permit if you want, but you don't need one.  

[Lucnik]

6 hours ago, FullClip said:

Here in Maine it means no permit needed for concealed carry as long as you're not a felon or somebody else who is prohibited from owning a handgun.  You can still obtain a permit if you want, but you don't need one.  

Same thing in Arkansas. I still keep my CCP in case I travel out of state.