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South Carolina

This jurisdictional hub aggregates FRC holdings related to South Carolina. It supports research on the state’s firearms history, technology, law, policy, and culture from the colonial period through statehood to the present.

  • Legal sources: statutes and session laws, administrative code, attorney general opinions, appellate decisions, and select municipal ordinances.
  • Historical materials: newspapers, photographs, maps, catalogs, militia and frontier records, coastal and port archives (e.g., Charleston), manufacturing and agricultural collections, and oral histories tied to South Carolina people and places.
  • Research outputs: technical reports, academic studies, training manuals, and curated datasets relevant to the state.

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    1899 S.C. Acts 97
    (1899)
    No. 67, § 1: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That any person who shall engage in any boisterous conduct, under the influence of intoxicating liquors, or while feigning to be under the influence of such liquors, or without just cause or excuse, shall discharge any gun, pistol or other firearms while upon or within fifty yards of any public road, except upon his own premises, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall pay a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
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    1897 S.C. Acts 423
    (1897)
    No. 251, § 1: Prohibited the concealed carry of a pistol, dirk, dagger, slingshot, metal knuckles, razor, or other deadly weapon usually used for the infliction of personal injury. Violators fined not more than one hundred dollars and not less than twenty dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty nor less than days.
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    1891 S.C. Acts 1101–02
    (1891)
    No. 703: Prohibited the sale of any pistol, rifle, cartridge, or pistol cartridge less than 45 calibre, or metal knuckles without obtaining a license from the county the person or corporation is doing business in. Violators guilty of a misdemeanor, fined not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both.
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    1894 S.C. Rev. Stat. 431, ch. 28, § 490 (Vol. 2)
    (1890)
    No person or corporation within the limits of this State shall sell or offer for sale any pistol, rifle, cartridge or pistol cartridge less than .45 caliber, or metal knuckles, without first obtaining a license from the county in which such person or corporation is doing business so to do.
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    1893 S.C. Acts 426
    (1893)
    No. 309, § 2: That the County Commissioners of the Several Counties of the State be, and they are herby, authorized to issue licenses in their respective Counties for the sale of pistols and pistol cartridges upon the payment to County Treasurer by the person or corporation so applying for said licenses of the sum of twenty-five dollars annually.