When considering legislation, it is best to look at how the law could be used against you by your enemies and not just how it would be used for you by your friends. Why? Because the law will be administered by your enemies at some time in the future.
So, what are the possible down sides to this bill? It will take a few days to think this through.
It could be argued that unless one possessed a SC CWP, one could not be part of the unorganized militia for 2nd Amendment purposes. If so, then look at the power SLED would have to deny people their 2nd Amendment rights.
Imagine, a couple of traffic tickets a year and you are no longer allowed to claim you have a 2nd Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
If they truly want to make this an unorganized militia bill, then they need to amend more than just the title. They need to delete reference to a "favorable" background check and replace it with language that allows one to possess a CWP as long as it is legal for that person to possess a firearm. That would take away much of the discretion that SLED now exercises over who gets a CWP.
They could also make a CWP good for life. SLED runs a daily check to see if a CWP holder has been charged with a crime, so a lifetime CWP would not allow a CWP holder to get away with anything that he can not get away with now.
They could also repeal most of the prohibited carry locations.
These are just the things off the top of my head. I am sure there are many more changes that would be appropriate for an unorganized militia bill.
I hope to hear from you about your suggestions to make it a true unorganized militia bill. And, most importantly, tell us how you see this bill could be used against us by our enemies.
