DEBATE: Why This Concealed Carrier Supports Permits

By G. Halek

Recently, South Carolina began considering permitless concealed carry. That would eliminate the need for a South Carolina gun owner to obtain a concealed carry permit in order to carry that gun inside the state.

South Carolina joins a number of other states that have active bills being considered by their legislative bodies. However, even though a lot of gun owners consider the Second Amendment just enough cause to carry, there are other citizens that support gun rights but see permitless carry as presenting risks of their own.

A South Carolinian concealed carrier wrote into The State to describe his own experience going through the state-mandated course and why he feels it should stay as a requirement. This man claims to have 33 years in the military and found the course to be extremely informative for him and other people in his class.

via The State

My concealed carry class was informative, especially on legal considerations. Much of this information is unknown by the average person. Some in my class had never handled a handgun. One of the instructors took them aside and taught them how to handle and fire their weapon safely. Where will inexperienced, permit-less people get this training?

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Source:: Concealed Nation