South Carolina General Assembly
107th Session, 1987-1988

Bill 3293

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3293
Ratification Number:       522
Act Number                 470
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Rifle defined as a primitive weapon
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(A470, R522, H3293)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 50-11-190 SO AS TO DEFINE AS A PRIMITIVE WEAPON A RIFLE, .36 CALIBER OR LARGER, WHICH USES BLACK POWDER ONLY AS ITS PROPELLANT CHARGE AND WHICH HAS A ONE-EIGHTH INCH NONMAGNIFIED PEEP SITE ON THE REAR OF THE BARREL.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Rifle defined as a primitive weapon

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 50-11-190. In addition to weapons defined as primitive weapons by statute or regulation, a rifle, .36 caliber or larger, which uses black powder only as its propellant charge and which has a one-eighth inch nonmagnified peep site on the rear of the barrel, is a primitive weapon."

Time effective

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