Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes an "unorganized militia" for any individual over the age of 17 in the state.

Highlights:

• Establishes “Second Amendment Protection Act” (Sec. 1).

• Defines State unorganized militia as “well regulated militia” (Sec. 2).

• Defines member of such militia as: “an able-bodied citizen of this State who is at least eighteen years of age and…can legally purchase a firearm” (Sec. 3).

• Requires such militia to “be responsive to the Governor” (Sec. 3).

• Authorizes such militia to be ordered to active duty (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that members of such militia entitled to keep and bear firearms “protected by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, including, but not limited to, any firearm that has some reasonable relationship to the preservation or efficiency of a well-regulated militia, that is any part of ordinary military equipment, or that could contribute to the common defense” (Sec. 3).

• Specifies that such militia “not subject to any law or regulation, or to the jurisdiction of any person or entity outside of South Carolina” (Sec. 3).

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