Any state that recognizes SC's CCW can be recognized in return. From the VCDL:
The Governor of South Carolina has just signed a bill that will open
up reciprocity to any state that honors South Carolina!
The law becomes effective IMMEDIATELY and is now in force.
Virginia ALREADY honors South Carolina, so formal reciprocity should
be a slam-dunk!!!
HOWEVER, it is not in affect yet. So **DO NOT carry concealed** in
South Carolina until I put the word out (Virginia and South Carolina
have to sign a reciprocity agreement first).
I have left a voice message with Tom Lambert who does reciprocity work
for the Virginia State Police. Hopefully the State Police will jump
on this quickly.
As soon as we can begin carrying, there will be an alert going out to
let you know.
Many thanks to Jim Mullins, my counterpart in the West Virginia
Citizens Defense League (wvcdl.org), for staying on top of this and
letting me know the new law was coming.
And of course, a big thanks to the gun organizations in South Carolina
for continuing to fight for this law tirelessly over the years!
UPDATE:
IMPORTANT NOTES ON THE NEW SOUTH CAROLINA RECIPROCITY LAW
The South Carolina law requires training to be mandatory for the
reciprocal state (which it is in Virginia, but will cut out a lot of
other states that don't require training).
However, it is not clear about the type, or the amount, of training
required and Tom Glaab tells me that GrassRoots South Carolina has
some issues with the final law as passed because of that.
Tom fears that SLED (which is the government agency that does
reciprocity for South Carolina) might interpret the law so narrowly as
to exclude most states, perhaps including Virginia. SLED has been a
roadblock in states getting reciprocity with South Carolina for
years. :-(
We will just have to watch and see what happens over the next few weeks.
Here is a link to the bill and its status:
http://tinyurl.com/5vf8gy
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