Bill Text: SC H3266 | 2017-2018 | 122nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Unlawful Sale or Gift of a Firearm to Persons on the Terrorist Watch List
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-10 - Referred to Committee on Judiciary [H3266 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2017-H3266-Introduced.html
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING ARTICLE 9 TO CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IT IS UNLAWFUL TO SELL OR GIVE A FIREARM TO A PERSON WHOSE NAME APPEARS ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY FOR A PERSON WHO VIOLATES THIS PROVISION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Chapter 31, Title 23 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
Section 23-31-910. (A) It is unlawful to sell or give a firearm to a person whose name appears on the consolidated terrorist watch list maintained by the Terrorist Screening Center administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
(B) A person who knowingly sells or gives a firearm to a person in violation of subsection (A) is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
