SDguy
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For those who are interested a few changes in SD firearm laws have been worked over in the state legislature this sesson.
1) A bill hotly contested went down in flames. This bill would have prevented colleges from creating or enforcinganti concealed carry rules for its students. Currently it is not illegal for a student to carry on a college campus as long as the student has a valid state concealed carry permit. Most colleges will expel any student caught carrying a firearm even if done legally. This bill failed.
2) A second bill which is still being discussed this session would prevent local towns, cities and counties from passing local laws prohibiting concealed carry within their boundries. Several cities in South Dakota have passed laws prohibiting legal concealed carry in city parks, at the fairgrounds and the civic center. This bill was originally written to prevent cities from creating such local laws. The evil thing about this law was that as I understand it, it was reworded in committee to do just the opposite of what it was intended to do. So until it is fixed we do not want to support the bill.
There have not been any problems with the legal carry of firearms openly or concealed in our state. It seems that some local governments are passing restrictive laws to fix a non-existant problem. Legal open carry without a permitsand concealed carry with a permit has been a South Dakota standing for as many years as we have been a state. And with no problems. We don't need to fix what aint broke!
For those who are interested a few changes in SD firearm laws have been worked over in the state legislature this sesson.
1) A bill hotly contested went down in flames. This bill would have prevented colleges from creating or enforcinganti concealed carry rules for its students. Currently it is not illegal for a student to carry on a college campus as long as the student has a valid state concealed carry permit. Most colleges will expel any student caught carrying a firearm even if done legally. This bill failed.
2) A second bill which is still being discussed this session would prevent local towns, cities and counties from passing local laws prohibiting concealed carry within their boundries. Several cities in South Dakota have passed laws prohibiting legal concealed carry in city parks, at the fairgrounds and the civic center. This bill was originally written to prevent cities from creating such local laws. The evil thing about this law was that as I understand it, it was reworded in committee to do just the opposite of what it was intended to do. So until it is fixed we do not want to support the bill.
There have not been any problems with the legal carry of firearms openly or concealed in our state. It seems that some local governments are passing restrictive laws to fix a non-existant problem. Legal open carry without a permitsand concealed carry with a permit has been a South Dakota standing for as many years as we have been a state. And with no problems. We don't need to fix what aint broke!