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TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-510 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO THE PROHIBITION AGAINST REGULATION OF CERTAIN MATTERS, TO PROVIDE THAT COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES MAY NOT ENACT REGULATIONS TO PROHIBIT A LANDOWNER FROM DISCHARGING A FIREARM ON HIS PROPERTY TO PROTECT FAMILY MEMBERS, EMPLOYEES, OR THE GENERAL PUBLIC FROM ANIMALS POSING A DIRECT THREAT OR DANGER ON A PARCEL OF LAND COMPRISED OF AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE CONTIGUOUS ACRES.
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 governing body of any county, municipality, or other political subdivision in this the State may enact or promulgate any regulation or ordinance which that regulates or attempts to regulate:
(1) the transfer, ownership, possession, carrying, or transportation of firearms, ammunition, components of firearms, or any combination of these things.; or
(2) a landowner discharging a firearm on his property to protect his family, employees, or the general public from animals that the landowner reasonably believes pose a direct threat or danger to people on the property or the general public. For the purposes of this item, the landowner's property must be a parcel of land comprised of at least twenty-five contiguous acres."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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