Terms Used In South Carolina Code 31-18-50

  • range: means an area that is:

    (a) designated, utilized, and operated by a person for the firing of firearms; where

    (b) the firing of firearms is the usual, regular, and primary activity occurring in the area; and where

    (c) the improvements, size, geography, and vegetation of the area are such that a projectile discharged from a firearm at a target would not reasonably be expected to escape its boundaries by virtue of the trajectory of the projectile, or by virtue of a backstop, berm, bullet trap, impact barrier, or similar device designed to prevent the escape of such projectiles. See South Carolina Code 31-18-20
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter or the law of this State, this chapter does not prohibit a local government from regulating the location and construction of a new shooting range after the effective date of this chapter.