<Tr> <Td> Background checks required for private sales? </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> No </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> South Carolina is a "shall issue" concealed carry permit state . No permit is required to purchase rifles, shotguns, or handguns . South Carolina also has "Castle Doctrine" legal protection of the use of deadly force against intruders into one's home, business, or car . It is unlawful to carry a firearm onto private or public school property or into any publicly owned building except interstate rest areas without express permission . Open carry of a handgun is not allowed (long guns are allowed), but no permit is required to carry a loaded handgun in the console or glove compartment of a car . As of 3 June 2016, states with which South Carolina has reciprocity are: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho (enhanced permit only), Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota (enhanced permit only), Texas, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wyoming . South Carolina only recognizes resident permits from the states with which it has reciprocity; non-resident permits from those states will not be honored . South Carolina does issue a CCW permit to a non-resident from a non-reciprocal state only if the non-resident owns property in South Carolina . </P> <P> South Carolina law also now supports a "stand your ground" philosophy under the "Protection of Persons and Property Act" SECTION 16 - 11 - 440 (C) with the following language . The act was apparently ruled non-retroactive in State v. Dickey . </P> <P> A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in another place where he has a right to be, including, but not limited to, his place of business, has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his ground and meet force with force, including deadly force, if he reasonably believes it is necessary to prevent death or great bodily injury to himself or another person or to prevent the commission of a violent crime as defined in Section 16--1--60 . </P>

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