Concealed carry in SC state parks?

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Family is down at Myrtle Beach State Park this weekend. Campground Rules & Regs includes:

13. Possession of firearms is prohibited except by certified park rangers and other authorized personnel.

For those of you in SC that probably already know...does having a concealed carry permit qualify you as "authorized personnel"? Just wondered if that's a common way to say it without drawing attention to the fact that Joe Public could be carrying.
 
Me and my family were there last weekend and a number of us were carrying. Let me look up where I found the info about that .
 
http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/rules-regulations/default.aspx


Unlawful Acts In State Parks include (but are not limited to) the following:
  • Destroying, defacing, disturbing or removing any part of any building, sign, structure or equipment.
  • Destroying, cutting, breaking, removing, defacing, mutilating, injuring, taking or gathering any tree, shrub, other plant or plant part, rock, mineral, or geological feature except by permit issued by the Department.
  • Dumping any refuse or waste, including grey water, from any trailer or other vehicle except in places or receptacles provided for such use.
  • Possession of firearms is prohibited except by certified park rangers and other authorized personnel. Those who are properly permitted (CWP), are allowed to carry a firearm on state park property.
  • Operating vehicles in a reckless manner, or in excess of posted speed limits, or in areas other than those specifically intended for vehicular traffic.
  • Consuming or displaying in public any beverage of alcoholic content, including beer and wine, except where specifically authorized by the Department.
  • Acting in a disorderly manner or creating any noise which would result in annoyance to others.
  • Engaging in or soliciting business within a park or facility except where authorized by the Department and no person shall distribute, post, place or erect any bills, notices, paper or advertising device or matter of any kind without consent of the Department.
  • Bringing a dog or any other animal into the park or facility unless it is crated, caged or upon a leash not longer than six feet or otherwise under physically restrictive control at all times.
  • Entering a facility or area without regard to restrictions on public use.
Unlawful acts in state parks are defined in Title 51, Chapter 3, Section 145 of the 1976 Code of Laws of South Carolina.
Any person violating the provisions of this section of the law shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine or imprisonment.
 
Me and my family were there last weekend and a number of us were carrying. Let me look up where I found the info about that .
Thanks.

I've definitely been carrying...just curious if there was a state law that addressed it. I know there's one for Riverbanks Zoo that's very clear.

ETA: you posted as I was typing...good info!
 
We enjoy the SC state parks and visit them when possible.
 
Thanks.

I've definitely been carrying...just curious if there was a state law that addressed it. I know there's one for Riverbanks Zoo that's very clear.

ETA: you posted as I was typing...good info!
What does Riverbanks say?
 
How was it posted?
When it comes to posting, it HAS to be this to be "legal":

SECTION 23-31-235. Sign requirements.
(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, any requirement of or allowance for the posting of signs prohibiting the carrying of a concealable weapon upon any premises shall only be satisfied by a sign expressing the prohibition in both written language interdict and universal sign language.
(B) All signs must be posted at each entrance into a building where a concealable weapon permit holder is prohibited from carrying a concealable weapon and must be:
(1) clearly visible from outside the building;
(2) eight inches wide by twelve inches tall in size;
(3) contain the words "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" in black one-inch tall uppercase type at the bottom of the sign and centered between the lateral edges of the sign;
(4) contain a black silhouette of a handgun inside a circle seven inches in diameter with a diagonal line that runs from the lower left to the upper right at a forty-five degree angle from the horizontal;
(5) a diameter of a circle; and
(6) placed not less than forty inches and not more than sixty inches from the bottom of the building's entrance door.
(C) If the premises where concealable weapons are prohibited does not have doors, then the signs contained in subsection (A) must be:
(1) thirty-six inches wide by forty-eight inches tall in size;
(2) contain the words "NO CONCEALABLE WEAPONS ALLOWED" in black three- inch tall uppercase type at the bottom of the sign and centered between the lateral edges of the sign;
(3) contain a black silhouette of a handgun inside a circle thirty-four inches in diameter with a diagonal line that is two inches wide and runs from the lower left to the upper right at a forty-five degree angle from the horizontal and must be a diameter of a circle whose circumference is two inches wide;
(4) placed not less than forty inches and not more than ninety-six inches above the ground;
(5) posted in sufficient quantities to be clearly visible from any point of entry onto the premises.

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/query.p...d=8853995&result_pos=0&keyval=6336&numrows=10
 
How was it posted?
I don't know if it was posted. Wasn't sure if there was a statewide law regarding state parks. Turns out there is, to say CC is OK.

All I saw was exactly as I posted in the OP, including the bold font. It was #13 in a list of rules and regs we got on the campground map.
 
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