In 2012, South Carolina repealed a prohibition against giving false evidence of identity when purchasing a handgun.¹

South Carolina prohibits the knowing purchase, sale, transport, pawn, receipt or possession of any stolen handgun.²

South Carolina has no other laws that address gun trafficking.

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1. 2012 S.C. Acts 285 (repealing former S.C. Code Ann. §§ 23-31-140, 23-31-160).[↩]
2. S.C. Code Ann. § 16-23-30(C).[↩]