Rep. Bernstein proposes the following amendment (LC-3594.AHB0035H):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X. Chapter 31, Title 23 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding:

Article 2

Firearms Criminal Background Checks

Section 23-31-70.(A) In addition to any other requirements pursuant to state and federal law, all sales, exchanges, or transfers of firearms by licensed dealers must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this article and the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Section 922.

(B) Before any sale, exchange, or transfer pursuant to the provisions of this article, a national instant criminal background check pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 922 must be completed by a licensed dealer. Notwithstanding another provision of law, a licensed dealer may not deliver a firearm to a purchaser or transferee until the earlier of:

(1) the results of all required background checks are known and the purchaser or transferee is not prohibited from owning or possessing a firearm pursuant to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Section 922 or any other state or federal law and the licensed dealer has been notified; or

(2) fourteen business days have elapsed from the date the licensed dealer requested the background check and the licensed dealer has not been notified that the receipt of the firearm by the purchaser or transferee would violate the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Section 922 or any other state or federal law.