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Bill 3295

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3295
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010118
Primary Sponsor:                  Sharpe
All Sponsors:                     Sharpe, J. Young, G.M. Smith, Knotts, 
                                  Whatley, Altman, Cato, Huggins, Law, Perry, 
                                  D.C. Smith, J.R. Smith, Trotter, White
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\swb\5025djc01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Citizen's Self-Defense Act of 2001, 
                                  Property, Weapons, Crimes and Offenses, Law 
                                  Enforcement


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010131  Co-Sponsor added (Rule 5.2) by Rep.            White
House   20010118  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND CHAPTER 31, TITLE 23, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO FIREARMS, BY ADDING ARTICLE 8 SO AS TO ENACT "THE CITIZEN'S SELF-DEFENSE ACT OF 2001" AND PROTECT THE RIGHT TO OBTAIN FIREARMS FOR SECURITY, THE RIGHT TO USE FIREARMS IN DEFENSE OF SELF, FAMILY, OR HOME, AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE RIGHTS.

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 23-31-810.    This act may be cited as 'The Citizen's Self-Defense Act of 2001'.

Section 23-31-820.    A person not prohibited from receiving a firearm by Public Law 90-351 shall have the right to obtain firearms for security and to use firearms:

    (1)    in defense of self or family against a reasonably perceived threat or imminent and unlawful infliction of serious bodily injury;

    (2)    in defense of self or family in the course of commission by another person of a violent felony against the person or a member of the person's family; or

    (3)    in defense of the person's home in the course of the commission of a felony by another person."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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