Current StatusView additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.Bill Number: 3293 Ratification Number: 522 Act Number 470 Introducing Body: House Subject: Rifle defined as a primitive weapon
(A470, R522, H3293)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-190 SO AS TO DEFINE AS A PRIMITIVE WEAPON A RIFLE, .36 CALIBER OR LARGER, WHICH USES BLACK POWDER ONLY AS ITS PROPELLANT CHARGE AND WHICH HAS A ONE-EIGHTH INCH NONMAGNIFIED PEEP SITE ON THE REAR OF THE BARREL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
Rifle defined as a primitive weapon
SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 50-11-190. In addition to weapons defined as primitive weapons by statute or regulation, a rifle, .36 caliber or larger, which uses black powder only as its propellant charge and which has a one-eighth inch nonmagnified peep site on the rear of the barrel, is a primitive weapon."
Time effective
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.