South Carolina § 23-31-510 Firearm or ammunition, local regulation prohibited; discharge on landowner's own property.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 23-31-510 — Firearm or ammunition, local regulation prohibited; discharge on landowner's own property.

South Carolina § 23-31-510

Title 23LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Ch. 31FIREARMS

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-510 (2026).

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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 the landowner's family, employees, the general public, or the landowner's property from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct threat or danger to the landowner's property, people on the landowner's property, or the general public. For purposes of this item, the landowner's property must be a parcel of land comprised of at least twenty-five contiguous acres.

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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 the landowner's family, employees, the general public, or the landowner's property from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct threat or danger to the landowner's property, people on the landowner's property, or the general public. For purposes of this item, the landowner's property must be a parcel of land comprised of at least twenty-five contiguous acres. Any ordinance regulating the discharge of firearms that does not specifically provide for an exclusion pursuant to this item is unenforceable as it pertains to an incident described in this item; otherwise, the ordinance is enforceable.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 532, SECTION 2; 2008 Act No. 220, SECTION 1, eff May 21, 2008. Effect of Amendment The 2008 amendment designated item (1) and added item (2) relating to discharge on a landowner's own property.