House Bill 3594, the constitutional carry bill that was recently passed by the House, has been waiting for a hearing in Senate Judiciary Committee for almost a month. This critical legislation recognizes the fundamental right of law-abiding adults to carry firearms for self-defense without having to navigate burdensome government regulations or pay fees. Furthermore, the bill would increase penalties for criminals caught with firearms, making our communities safer for everyone.
H 3594 passed the House overwhelmingly with bipartisan support and is backed by Governor Henry McMaster. The Senate is the last step in Constitutional Carry becoming law in South Carolina!
It is essential that NRA members and Second Amendment supporters encourage their senators to ensure that this bill becomes law. H 3594 does not change the criteria for eligibility to obtain a carry permit, nor does it affect previously issued permits. It also allows citizens who wish to obtain a permit for the purpose of carrying in other states recognizing South Carolina’s permits, to do so.
By passing H 3594, South Carolina would become the 26th state to recognize the right to constitutional carry, strengthening our state’s commitment to the fundamental right to self-defense. Please contact your Senator and ask them to SUPPORT this bill without delay. Additionally, I encourage you to share this alert with your family and friends, and ask them to do the same.
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H 3594 ensures that South Carolinians have the ability to protect themselves and their loved ones without undue interference from the government. With the Senate’s passage of H 3594, South Carolina would be on the verge of becoming the 26th constitutional carry state, joining more than half the states in the country that have recognized this critical right.
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Our biggest hurdle is before us. Not only do we have turncoats in our Senate Judiciary Committee, but we need to get them to clean up language in the House version which stands to copy Federal law and increase categories of prohibited persons under state law. From Palmetto Gun Rights: “Contact your Senator and insist they amend H. 3594 to the language of clean Constitutional Carry bill S. 109 sponsored by Sen. Shane Martin.” These are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who voted against Constitutional Carry, last time. Palmetto Gun Rights urges us to contact them and urge them… Read more »
Ope, I fully agree! Thank You, Sir!
So, you have the RIGHT to carry a firearm as a free citizen, only if WE give you the permission to do so… And just HOW is that considered, ‘Constitutional’ Carry?
Why am I not surprised the NRA is supporting a trash bill that’s not only NOT constitutional carry but also includes infringement.
Not an NRA member, but we are trying to extract the infringement during the process of getting the bill through The Legislature.
I hope you have better luck with that than we did in Texas.
Except it’s not semantics. There’s a pretty big difference between the two. Conflating one with the other does a good job of ensuring we will never have constitutional carry. People are being mislead into believing the infringements still on the books in Texas are now somehow constitutional and, as any 2A supporter should know, infringement is not constitutional. It also does a good job of making sure people don’t fight to get those existing infringements repealed. What incentive does a gun owning voter have to get involved when they believe they already have “constitutional carry”? And, yes, constitutional carry certainly… Read more »
Once we get Constitutional/permitless carry taken care of, then we can focus on deleting the prohibited places. Is it wrong that we have to spend decades doing this when The US Constitution says we don’t have to? Damn right it is! We may have to eliminate them one at a time, but we move in the right direction. For my entire life in 1996, there was no vehicle for the average citizen to legally every day carry in South Carolina. In 1996, we got that, along with a ton of restrictions. In almost thirty years since then, we have slowly,… Read more »
Stag? WTH? You piss in somebody’s Post Toasties? Let me help you out here. If we can’t secure the 1st Amendment, we have no choice other than to use the 2nd!
There are a lot of Butters/Fudds around here who get their undies in a bunch.