Verified Firearm Specifications

SC1024 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

SC1023 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

SC1050 — shall issue (permit not required)

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. §§ 23-31-215 (O)(2)

(O)(1) A permit issued pursuant to this article is not required for a person: (2) The availability of a permit to carry a concealable weapon under this section must not be construed to prohibit the permitless transport or carrying of a firearm in a vehicle or on or about one's person, whether openly or concealed, loaded or unloaded, in a manner not prohibited by law.

SC1005 — shall issue

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-215(A)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except subject to subsection (B), SLED must issue a permit, which is no larger than three and one-half inches by three inches in size, to carry a concealable weapon to a resident or qualified nonresident who is at least twenty-one years of age and who is not prohibited by state law from possessing the weapon upon submission of: [lists requirements 1-7].

SC1003 — may issue

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-120

(A) The State Law Enforcement Division may issue permits to a qualified person when the nature of his business or employment requires that he is exposed regularly to dangerous circumstances as determined by the division.

SC1004 — prohibited

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 1256

Any person carrying a pistol, dirk, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury, concealed about his person, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit to the county the weapon so carried concealed, and if convicted in a municipal court said weapon shall be forfeited to said...

SC1007 — stand your ground

Citation: S.C. Ann. Code § 16-11-440(C)

A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in another place where he has a right to be, including, but not limited to, his place of business, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another person or to prevent the...

SC1006 — traditional

Common law castle doctrine. Common law castle doctrine was solidified in the United States throughout the 19th century. “By the beginning of the twentieth century it was well accepted in the United States that a man attacked in his own home had no duty to retreat before using deadly force, so long as he reasonably believed it necessary to save his own life.” Indeed, by the 1920s, sources note that the castle...

SC1011 — state license requirement

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 16-129

Repealed by 2012 Act No. 285, § 2, eff June 29, 2012.

SC1010 — state license requirement

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 16-129

Section 5. No retail dealer shall sell or otherwise transfer, or expose for sale or transfer, or have in his possession with intent to sell, or otherwise transfer, any pistol without being licensed as hereinafter provided. Section 6.

SC1013 — saturday night special ban

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-180

Repeal SECTION 2. Article 3, Chapter 31, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is repealed

SC1043 — ban on high capacity magazines - federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110103

SC1049 — assault weapons ban - Federal

Citation: Pub. L. 103-322 Sec. 110102

This subtitle may be cited as the “Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act”. SEC. 110102. RESTRICTION ON MANUFACTURE, TRANSFER, AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPONS.

SC1025 — saturday night special ban

Citation: S.C. Code 1976 § 23-31-180

No licensed retail dealer shall possess in his place of business or sell any pistol or other handgun which has a die-cast frame or receiver which metls at a temperature of less than eight hundred degrees Fahrenheit.

SC1035 — public and private : CCW not allowed

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-420(A)

It is unlawful for a person to possess a firearm of any kind on any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, other post-secondary institution, or in any publicly owned building, without the express permission of the authorities in charge of the premises or property.

SC1036 — public and private : possession prohibited

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-420(A)

It is unlawful for a person to possess a firearm of any kind on any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, other post-secondary institution

SC1037 — public and private : possession prohibited

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-420(A)

It is unlawful for a person to possess a firearm of any kind on any premises or property owned, operated, or controlled by a private or public school, college, university, technical college, other post-secondary institution

SC1039 — comprehensive

Citation: Code 1976 § 23-31-510

No governing body of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision in the State may enact or promulgate any regulation or ordinance that regulates or attempts to regulate: (1) the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or any combination of these things; or (2) a landowner discharging a firearm on the landowner's property to protect...

SC1029 — youth possession

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-30

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport for sale into this State any handgun to: (3) a person under the age of eighteen. (B) It is unlawful for a person enumerated in subsection (A) to possess or acquire handguns within this State.

SC1032 — purchase and sale

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-30

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport for sale into this State any handgun to: (3) a person under the age of eighteen,

SC1044 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

SC1045 — minimum age purchase - federal

Citation: 38 U.S.C. § 922(x)(1),(5)

(x)(1) It shall be unlawful for a person to sell, deliver, or otherwise transfer to a person who the transferor knows or has reasonable cause to believe is a juvenile-- (A) a handgun; or (B) ammunition that is suitable for use only in a handgun. (5) For purposes of this subsection, the term “juvenile” means a person who is less than 18 years of age.

SC1046 — minimum age possession - federal

Citation: 43 U.S.C. § 922(b)(1)(c)(1)

(b) It shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed collector to sell or deliver-- (1) any firearm or ammunition to any individual who the licensee knows or has reasonable cause to believe is less than eighteen years of age, and, if the firearm, or ammunition is other than a shotgun or rifle, or ammunition for a shotgun or rifle, to any individual who the licensee...

SC1028 — youth possession

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-30

Unlawful to sell pistols to certain persons.-It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange or transport for sale into this State any pistol to: (c) Any person under the age of twenty-one. (e) It shall be unlawful for any person covered in (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this section to possess or acquire pistols within this State.

SC1031 — purchase and sale

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-30

Unlawful to sell pistols to certain persons.-It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange or transport for sale into this State any pistol to: (c) Any person under the age of twenty-one

SC1047 — license required

Citation: S.C. Code Ann. §§ 16-23-20 (12)

It is unlawful for anyone to carry about the person any handgun, whether concealed or not, except as follows, unless otherwise specifically prohibited by law: (12) a person who is granted a permit under provision of law by the State Law Enforcement Division to carry a handgun about his person, under conditions set forth in the permit, and while transferring the handgun between the permittee's person and a location...

SC1018 — dvro

Citation: S.C. Code § 16-25-30

Firearms and ammunition prohibitions; penalties. (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 16-23-30, it is unlawful for a person to ship, transport, receive, or possess a firearm or ammunition, if the person: (1) has been convicted of a violation of Section 16-25-20(B) or 16-25-65, or has been convicted of domestic violence in another state, tribe, or territory containing among its elements those elements...

SC1017 — mental health : committed to mh facility

Citation: Code 1976 § 23-31-1040(A)

(A) It is unlawful for a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition.

SC1048 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled

Citation: Code 1976 § 23-31-1040(A)

A) It is unlawful for a person who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution to ship, transport, possess, or receive a firearm or ammunition.

SC1016 — mental health : adjudicated as mentally incompetent//incapacitated/disabled

Citation: Code 1976 § 16-23-30

(A) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly sell, offer to sell, deliver, lease, rent, barter, exchange, or transport for sale into this State any handgun to: (1) a person ...who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent. (B) It is unlawful for a person enumerated in subsection (A) to possess or acquire handguns within this State.

SD1032 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)(1)

Beginning on the date that is 30 days after the Attorney General notifies licensees under section 103(d) of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act that the national instant criminal background check system is established, a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer shall not transfer a firearm to any other person who is not licensed under this chapter, unless- (A) before the completion of the...

SD1031 — sales from dealer : federal

Citation: 18 U.S.C.A. § 922(t)

Beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the day before the date that is 60 months after such date of enactment, it shall be unlawful for any licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, or licensed dealer to sell, deliver, or transfer a handgun to an individual who is not licensed under section 923, unless- (A) after the most recent proposal of such transfer by...

SD1027 — shall issue (permit not required)

Citation: S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-7

The issuance of a permit to carry a concealed pistol under this chapter, or the recognition of nonresident permits to carry a concealed pistol under § 23-7-7.4, does not impose a general prohibition on the carry of a pistol without a permit.

SD1004 — shall issue

Citation: S.D. Codified Laws § 23-7-7

A permit to carry a concealed pistol shall be issued to any person by the sheriff of the county in which the applicant resides. The permit shall be valid throughout the state and shall be issued pursuant to § 23-7-7.1.

SD1003 — may issue

Citation: S.D. Codified Laws 21.0107

The judge of a court of record, the chief of police of a municipality, the sheriff of a county, may upon the application of any person issue a license to such person to carry a pistol in a vehicle or concealed on or about his person within this state for not more than one year from date of issue, if it appears that the applicant has good reason to fear an injury to his person or property, or has any other proper...

SD1006 — stand your ground

Citation: S.D. Laws § 22-18-4

However, the person is justified in the use of deadly force only as provided in §§ 22-16-34 and 22-16-35. A person does not have a duty to retreat if the person is in a place where he or she has a right to be.