{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-31-245","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 23-31-245","heading":"Openly carrying a weapon.","body":"A person openly carrying a weapon in accordance with this article does not give a law enforcement officer reasonable suspicion or probable cause to search, detain, or arrest the person. This article does not prevent a law enforcement officer from searching, detaining, or arresting a person when he has a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of criminal activity. A person merely carrying a weapon in accordance with this article is not sufficient to justify a search, detention, or arrest.","path":["Title 23 - LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY","CHAPTER 31 Firearms","ARTICLE 4 Concealed Weapon Permits"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t23c031.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:51:14Z","sha256":"fda862d9c05cbc76e0c6ce13d34e33853033459e0dde1cc1f124097e464439d9","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-31-240","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-23-31-250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}