South Carolina Reciprocity

I have family in North Carolina, and my MS permit offers reciprocity for the states along the route, with the exception of South Carolina. I thought I could get a Non-Resident FL license to gain reciprocity, but Florida says SC only recognizes Resident FL licenses. Anybody know the best way to achieve legal status to carry as I drive thorugh SC?

SC Non resident requires proof of property ownership in SC, so that's out.

Drive through Tenn

This may be something of a simplistic response and not very macho, but here goes.

Take a look, for starters, at a US reciprocity map for MS CCW permitees.

Here’s what I did going out to see one of my daughters in Colorado.

Typically I’d get up to I-70 and boogie out west. Unfortunately I had the roadblock of Kansas narrow-mindedness.

So what I did was go around Kansas. I took I-40 out to Amarillo then swung up north, through the OK Cherokee strip, and entered Colorado at the SE corner of the state. No sweat.

Looking at the aforementioned US reciprocity map for MS CCW permitees, you too can just go around SC.

MS-TN-NC may not be the most direct route but can avoid the risk of “getting in the system”.


Ed

Well, I appreciate the advice, I guess I could also fly, but that really isn't my question. Avoiding SC isn't an option for me on a roadtrip, as part of the usual trip is to make a stop in J'ville, FL.

Go to Rangemaster in Memphis

Take a course, get your Tenn permit

Its honored in SC problem solved


http://apps.carryconcealed.net/legal/southcarolina-ccw-state-laws.php

RV/Car Carry Without A Permit/License

Anyone who can legally own a firearm can carry it loaded if contained in a closed Glove Box, Console or Trunk. Their law is very specific on the only locations where it can be carried.


SECTION 16-23-10. Definitions.

When used in this article:
(1) “Handgun” means any firearm designed to expel a projectile and designed to be fired from the hand, but shall not include any firearm generally recognized or classified as an antique, curiosity, or collector’s item, or any that does not fire fixed cartridges.

(10) “Luggage compartment” means the trunk of a motor vehicle which has a trunk; however, with respect to a motor vehicle which does not have a trunk, the term “luggage compartment” refers to the area of the motor vehicle in which the manufacturer designed that luggage be carried or to the area of the motor vehicle in which luggage is customarily carried. In a station wagon, van, hatchback vehicle, or sport utility vehicle, the term “luggage compartment” refers to the area behind, but not under, the rearmost seat. In a truck, the term “ luggage compartment” refers to the area behind the rearmost seat, but not under the front seat.


SECTION 16-23-20. Unlawful Carrying of Handgun; Exceptions.

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:

(9) a person in a vehicle if the handgun is secured in a closed glove compartment, closed console, closed trunk, or in a closed container secured by an integral fastener and transported in the luggage compartment of the vehicle; however, this item is not violated if the glove compartment, console, or trunk is opened in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the sole purpose of retrieving a driver’s license, registration, or proof of insurance;

(15) a person while transferring a handgun directly from or to a vehicle and a location specified in this section where one may legally possess the handgun.


Source: http://handgunlaw.us/states/southcarolina.pdf


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I left (15) there to show that you can carry from your car into a hotel room.

SC is officially off my list of must see States...They need to get their heads out of the arse

This might be helpful.

http://www.nraila.org/gunlaws/federal/read.aspx?id=59

Thanks guys, those are some very useful links. I should just carry a more interesting weapon on those trips. Surely a WWII pistol is a "collector's item" these days......SC doesn't even consider that a handgun.......

msredneck wrote:SC is officially off my list of must see States...They need to get their heads out of the arse

The reason they don't honor our firearms permit is because they require a class, and a shooting test to obtain their permit, where all we have to do is have fingerprints and a gun. We do, however, honor theirs. If you look at the states that don't honor ours, this is the case in most. I suspect that the endorsement from HB 506 will eventually allow more reciprocity to the endorsement holders. I also suspect that the training requirement from HB 506 will eventually be the prerequisite for all MS permits.

I'm in a similar situation as the OP, only I grew up in SC and still have family there. I'm flying over in a couple of weeks to pick up a car, and I'm trying to decide my best course of action. It's a toss-up whether I want to UPS one of my cheap pistols there, and just keep it in the glove box until the state line, or pack one in my checked luggage and still keep it in the glove box until the state line.

One exceptionally goofy thing about NC/SC is that in NC, your pistol (without a ccp) has to be in plain sight, on the seat or dashboard, but as soon as you hit the SC state line it goes in the glove box or console, and vise versa.

Another goofy thing is that the Chiappa .22lr 1911 can't be shipped to SC, but the GSG .22lr 1911 can. Same magazine capacity. I noticed this last night, I was just browsing the rimfire 1911s and noticed the ban on SC. So far, that's the only gun I've seen that can't be shipped there.

Gun laws...Gotta luv em....

An update for the OP. I called the jurisdiction where I'll be in SC, and was told glovebox, or in the SUV hatch. It can be loaded, and there is no restriction on handgun magazine capacity, as long as the magazine has not been modified. I asked specifically about the console, and was told the glovebox only. And, just like in LA and AL, if you're pulled over, you need to inform the LEO that you have a firearm and where.

Thanks. That's not so bad. Beats yet another registration process, and it's better than my plan to lock it up unloaded in a gun vault at the state line.

I was stationed at MCAS Beufort, SC for a year.

The strange law that bothered me was that you could only by a handgun every thirty days. I returned from a deployment, bought three pistols with accumulated funds and had to wait to take them out of the shop but t
he shop had a range and the owner let me shoot them there.

I'm in Columbia right now. I think ill just keep mine on me and be careful. This all falls back on "dont take a knife to a gun fight". I've never been "made" in any other state, just gonna be a lil more cautious here.

don't be so focused on a firearm as being your only option. there are plenty of other ''weapons''.

Leopardcurdog wrote:don't be so focused on a firearm as being your only option. there are plenty of other ''weapons''.

Truest words I have read in a while. Although I can (and do) carry my firearm just about anywhere in the United States (believe me, I am very aware of the privilege I enjoy), I also travel to foreign countries where I cannot take my firearm. Rather than be anchored to a firearm that has become a "security blanket", I prefer to enjoy my travels and make use of my other self-defense tools. My primary self-defense tool, whether I am carrying a gun or not, is betwixt and between my ears.
Gonzo