Sheriff: Time For Citizens To Arm Themselves

[Hotdoger]

I don't look good in a fanny pack though

I think he was speaking to ladies out jogging.

You know sometimes it is not all about you.

 

[jgreiner]

+1 for the Sheriff. At some point in time it has to be universally recognized that LE cannot be everywhere at all times and especially since the courts have affirmed that they do not have an obligation to protect then the average citizen must have the means at their disposal and the ultimate responsibility to be able to protect themselves.

The old saying...what's old is new......is really true. We KNEW this back in the old west days....that's why everyone carried. And folks are finally starting to come back around.

 

[jgreiner]

Great piece. I've often thought that people might like to be "escorted" in dangerous but beautiful parks and trails by one or more legal weapon carrying civilians sort of like the Guardian Angels that Curtis Slewa (sp?) put together in NYC a generation ago. Titanium Frost and I got paid that ultimate compliment on a ride on Evansville's Greenbelt trail by a lady riding her bike behind us who stated that she felt safe with us ahead of her. How many other people would like to use these spaces but don't feel safe?

only the ones that aren't willing, or haven't YET...decided to protect THEMSELVES......

In all honesty.......carrying a handgun was out of vogue for some time......it is just starting to become acceptable to some folks again.

 

[jgreiner]

Now if SC would just offer reciprocity to the IN LTCH! My wife and I both vacation in Hilton Head every summer, and because we do not own real estate (Time Share does not meet this requirement) we cannot apply for an in state CCW permit.


Next steps for us is the FL permit, which is recognized by SC. The only reason they don't currently recognize the IN LTCH is because we do not have a traning requirement.

Write to Sheriff Wright. I am guessing he can get something done.

 

[jgreiner]

I don't look good in a fanny pack though

Probably isn't due to the pack......

 

[Expat]

You know sometimes it is not all about you.

Even when it isn't, it still is. I am just that special.

 

[Hotdoger]

Probably isn't due to the pack......

+1

 

[Expat]

Probably isn't due to the pack......

+1

 

[jgreiner]

LOL.....just yanking your chain.....

 

[Pami]

Now if SC would just offer reciprocity to the IN LTCH! My wife and I both vacation in Hilton Head every summer, and because we do not own real estate (Time Share does not meet this requirement) we cannot apply for an in state CCW permit.


Next steps for us is the FL permit, which is recognized by SC. The only reason they don't currently recognize the IN LTCH is because we do not have a traning requirement.

Be careful with this... what I've read in comments on that article is that SC recognizes RESIDENT permits only - non-resident permits (which is what we would have with FL and UT) are NOT recognized. Bill's post in our reciprocity thread backs this up.

Yep. CO, FL, KS, MI, NH, SC, and WV only recognize resident permits for any of the states they recognize. Of those seven, only KS, SC, and WV do not recognize ours.

Blessings,
B

 

[IndyGunner]

click on your state, resident or non-resident.

Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps

 

[pinshooter45]

+1 to the sheriff


-277 to the sheeple

We need more sheriffs like him. And the 277 Sheeple probably would not know which end of the tube that round came out of, and don't need to be carrying.

 

[LeeStreet]

Going to be heading that way soon, hope to see him & give him a high 5.

 

[ViperJock]

jgreiner you got me. You were quicker on the draw!

Great minds think alike.

LOL, I was just getting on to post that article. I love to see stories like this. so many great points:
1. Guns are not evil in and of themselves
2. Not all LEOs are the devil incarnate and want us to be helpless
3. Take some personal responsibility for you and yours.

 

[PeaShooter]

S.C. Sheriff calls for people to carry a firearm to deter crime...

Sheriff: Time For Citizens To Arm Themselves

 

[Smokepole]

Great piece. I've often thought that people might like to be "escorted" in dangerous but beautiful parks and trails by one or more legal weapon carrying civilians sort of like the Guardian Angels that Curtis Slewa (sp?) put together in NYC a generation ago. Titanium Frost and I got paid that ultimate compliment on a ride on Evansville's Greenbelt trail by a lady riding her bike behind us who stated that she felt safe with us ahead of her. How many other people would like to use these spaces but don't feel safe?

She probably thought you two were off-duty cops.

And I think Curtis' name spelled Sliwa. goes back a long way though.

 

[Smokepole]

Any way to get this guy into the whitehouse?

Him and Sheriff Joe from AZ would make one hell of a team.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio is great. Need more these two.

 

[Tripp11]

Now if SC would just offer reciprocity to the IN LTCH! My wife and I both vacation in Hilton Head every summer, and because we do not own real estate (Time Share does not meet this requirement) we cannot apply for an in state CCW permit.

I'm thinking out loud here...let's say I have a relative who owns property in SC. I wonder if he could parcel off a small piece of his property, sell it to me for $1, and then I would be the deeded owner and a property owner in SC. Then I would be able to apply for a SC CCW permit.

 

[critter592]

They were just talking about this on Fox "The Five" and it was great except for the numbnut liberal dude who says woman shouldn't have more guns because there will be a lot more dead husbands. WTF...over! Minority Report here we come! And he called the sheriff an idiot. Yes, defending yourself is such BAD advice.


ETA: AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I'MYELLINGATMYTV!

 

[Dwight]

YeeHaw!! I love this guy!

Can we vote absentee for a Sheriff in South Carolina?

I wish he had a brother running for Sheriff in Indiana.