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TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-510, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BEING PROHIBITED FROM REGULATING THE TRANSFER, OWNERSHIP, POSSESSION, CARRYING, AND TRANSPORTATION OF FIREARMS, AND AMMUNITION, SO AS TO DELETE THESE PROVISIONS AND TO PROVIDE THAT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY NOT PROMULGATE A REGULATION OR ENACT AN ORDINANCE WHICH ATTEMPTS TO REGULATE THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN LANDOWNERS OR THEIR DESIGNEES FROM DISCHARGING A FIREARM ON THEIR PROPERTY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 23-31-510 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 23-31-510. No A governing body of any a county, municipality, or other political subdivision in this State may not enact or promulgate any a regulation or enact an ordinance which regulates or attempts to regulate the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or any combination of these things the actions of a farmer or another landowner, with a minimum of twenty-five contiguous acres, or their designee, from discharging a firearm in an effort to protect his family, employees, or the public from animals, wild, domestic or diseased, which are believed to be a direct danger or threat to a person on the property and the general public that may be nearby."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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