SC Governor signs new gun law!!!!!

SPOCAHP ANAR · 04-03-2008, 09:12 PM

SC has changed the minimum handgun age from 21 to 18.

genwinters · 04-03-2008, 09:13 PM

AWESOME!!

TXplt · 04-03-2008, 09:16 PM

Excellent. Did they get reciprocity as well ?

Windwalker · 04-03-2008, 09:32 PM

Very good.

jmp8927 · 04-03-2008, 09:42 PM

Huh???? Really?

KGunner · 04-03-2008, 09:45 PM

I wish I lived in SC.

Ok, not really...I do wish CO would make that a law too.

jmp8927 · 04-03-2008, 09:49 PM

Where can I confirm this? I live in SC and I've heard nothing. I just looked at the state paper online and nothing. You'd think they don't want us knowing...

Dumb people. That would mean I can get a pistol sooner than expected. I can't express how happy that would make me

*edit*

Dang. This is from the SC SLED website.

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SECTION 16-23-30. Sale or delivery of handgun to and possession by certain persons unlawful; stolen handguns.
(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 convicted of a crime of violence in any court of the United States, the several states, commonwealths, territories, possessions, or the District of Columbia or who is a fugitive from justice or a habitual drunkard or a drug addict or who has been adjudicated mentally incompetent;
(2) a person who is a member of a subversive organization;
(3) a person under the age of twenty one, but this shall not apply to the issue of handguns to members of the Armed Forces of the United States, active or reserve, National Guard, State Militia, or R. O. T. C., when on duty or training or the temporary loan of handguns for instructions under the immediate supervision of a parent or adult instructor; or...

SPOCAHP ANAR · 04-03-2008, 10:26 PM

Sanford Signs Bill Allowing 18-Year-Olds To Own Handguns

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Gov. Mark Sanford has signed a bill that lowers the minimum age for South Carolina residents to own a handgun to 18.

Federal law still prohibits firearm retailers and dealers from selling handguns to people younger than 21. But the state law now allows individuals to sell handguns to anyone 18 or older.

South Carolina is one of 18 states -- and the only one in the South -- that had set 21 as the age for handgun ownership.

Sanford Signs Bill Allowing 18-Year-Olds To Own Handguns - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville

ArkansasHunter · 04-03-2008, 10:32 PM

Thanks Spo !!! excellent news !!!

stalebiscuit · 04-04-2008, 12:17 AM

gets in car, drives to south carolina

still doesnt do jack about the federal one though

still cant buy them

jmp8927 · 04-04-2008, 07:55 AM

Soooo I could buy one from another SC resident. That's cool.

LarryO1970 · 04-04-2008, 08:17 AM

Good.... further proof that there are at least some level heads in the S.C. state Govt. Now if the Federal Govt. worked that way, we'd have something...

Good for you guys...

jmp8927 · 04-04-2008, 09:14 AM

Mark Sanford is a great governor. But he can't do the things he needs to thanks to the liberals in the state government. But he is doing very well. I hope the next governor can be as good as Sanford.

lorcin25 · 04-04-2008, 09:15 AM

Sorry. I don't know any 18 year olds mature enough to purchase a firearm on their own.

jmp8927 · 04-04-2008, 09:24 AM

^ there aren't as many these days, but they're more numerous than you may think. Maybe its just because I live out in the country and don't see many wackos. but out here, I wouldn't feel unsafe with most of the white 18 year olds. No I'm not being a racist. We have a lot of Latinos that may or may not be legal(my personal opinion is that a majority are illegal) and I don't think they should have any firearm at all under any condition if they're illegal. But then no one in their right mind is going to sell to another person unless they're sure of citizenship, so I don't think it'll be a problem. If a person is predetermined to kill with a firearm, they'll use a rifle if they don't have a pistol. If they want a pistol, they'll go black market and restrictions wouldn't help in the first place. So, this law helps out those honest, upstanding citizens under 21 who like to feel safer.

TXplt · 04-04-2008, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorcin25

Sorry. I don't know any 18 year olds mature enough to purchase a firearm on their own.

?!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, sir, but I beg to differ. (and I'm one of the "older guys" approaching or at my middle age). 18 year olds can serve and vote. It's about time we let our kids grow up.

LarryO1970 · 04-04-2008, 09:37 AM

+1 TXplt... if you are old enough to join the military, you are old enough to carry a rifle, you are old enough to carry a pistol. Responsibility is learned, not granted at 21.

I agree.... kids these days are far too coddled...

jmp8927 · 04-04-2008, 10:00 AM

^That's the truth. The bad part is that late teenagers are starting to think the same way. They're treating like kids, so they act like them. If parents raised their kids to be responsible then actually allowed them to start taking responsibility, I don't believe there would be so much trouble with late teenagers doing stupid things(well besides that they're hormone-overloaded).

Lng Rng · 04-04-2008, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lorcin25

Sorry. I don't know any 18 year olds mature enough to purchase a firearm on their own.

This doesn't really make sense to me, because that implys that 18 year olds shouldn't use firearms, also. Think of it this way; no 16 year olds own their own cars,(legally) but they still use their parents, right? I used my dads fireamrs my whole life growing up, and once I hit 18, I started buying my own. What is the difference, really? I was still using firearms well before I could legally buy them.

Im only 20, and all the kids I know that hunt with me are the most responsible people I know, and they all own their own guns. If 18 isnt old enough, what is? 21, 25, 30....?

texnmidwest · 04-04-2008, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TXplt

?!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, sir, but I beg to differ. (and I'm one of the "older guys" approaching or at my middle age). 18 year olds can serve and vote. It's about time we let our kids grow up.

+45

I bought my first firearm when I was 18. I had a handgun when I was 18. No I could not have bought it myself. I could not buy ammo for it. But I had it, shot it and cared for it.

If we do our job and educate our young people about the proper way to handle firearms and instill in them the proper respect for what them then they are more than qualified to own and operate a handgun! If the SHTF I would not care how old the person fighting with me was as long as that person could make good decisions or follow them.

04-03-2008, 09:12 PM	#1
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04-03-2008, 09:16 PM	#3
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04-03-2008, 09:42 PM	#5
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04-03-2008, 10:26 PM	#8
SPOCAHP ANAR Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: SC-upstate Posts: 4,089 Images: 3 Blog Entries: 4	Sanford Signs Bill Allowing 18-Year-Olds To Own Handguns COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Gov. Mark Sanford has signed a bill that lowers the minimum age for South Carolina residents to own a handgun to 18. Federal law still prohibits firearm retailers and dealers from selling handguns to people younger than 21. But the state law now allows individuals to sell handguns to anyone 18 or older. South Carolina is one of 18 states -- and the only one in the South -- that had set 21 as the age for handgun ownership. Sanford Signs Bill Allowing 18-Year-Olds To Own Handguns - Greenville News Story - WYFF Greenville __________________ Spocrest Out!..........

04-03-2008, 09:13 PM	#2
genwinters Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Plymouth, MI Posts: 309	AWESOME!!

04-03-2008, 09:45 PM	#6
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 427	I wish I lived in SC. Ok, not really...I do wish CO would make that a law too.

04-03-2008, 10:32 PM	#9
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas Posts: 10,684	Thanks Spo !!! excellent news !!!

04-04-2008, 12:17 AM	#10
stalebiscuit Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: atlanta, but much rather be in valdosta Posts: 1,565	gets in car, drives to south carolina still doesnt do jack about the federal one though still cant buy them

04-04-2008, 07:55 AM	#11
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	Soooo I could buy one from another SC resident. That's cool. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

04-04-2008, 08:17 AM	#12
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,845	Good.... further proof that there are at least some level heads in the S.C. state Govt. Now if the Federal Govt. worked that way, we'd have something... Good for you guys... __________________ "Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

04-04-2008, 09:14 AM	#13
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	Mark Sanford is a great governor. But he can't do the things he needs to thanks to the liberals in the state government. But he is doing very well. I hope the next governor can be as good as Sanford. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

04-04-2008, 09:15 AM	#14
lorcin25 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Alabama Posts: 291	Sorry. I don't know any 18 year olds mature enough to purchase a firearm on their own.

04-04-2008, 09:24 AM	#15
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	^ there aren't as many these days, but they're more numerous than you may think. Maybe its just because I live out in the country and don't see many wackos. but out here, I wouldn't feel unsafe with most of the white 18 year olds. No I'm not being a racist. We have a lot of Latinos that may or may not be legal(my personal opinion is that a majority are illegal) and I don't think they should have any firearm at all under any condition if they're illegal. But then no one in their right mind is going to sell to another person unless they're sure of citizenship, so I don't think it'll be a problem. If a person is predetermined to kill with a firearm, they'll use a rifle if they don't have a pistol. If they want a pistol, they'll go black market and restrictions wouldn't help in the first place. So, this law helps out those honest, upstanding citizens under 21 who like to feel safer. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

04-04-2008, 09:37 AM	#17
LarryO1970 "Blazing Saddles" GOV Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Johnson Creek, WI Posts: 2,845	+1 TXplt... if you are old enough to join the military, you are old enough to carry a rifle, you are old enough to carry a pistol. Responsibility is learned, not granted at 21. I agree.... kids these days are far too coddled... __________________ "Guess what?! I've got a fever, and the only prescription... is more cowbell!"

04-04-2008, 10:00 AM	#18
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,136 Images: 15	^That's the truth. The bad part is that late teenagers are starting to think the same way. They're treating like kids, so they act like them. If parents raised their kids to be responsible then actually allowed them to start taking responsibility, I don't believe there would be so much trouble with late teenagers doing stupid things(well besides that they're hormone-overloaded). __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.