In 2012, South Carolina repealed its law prohibiting firearms dealers from offering for sale handguns that failed to meet a melting point test.¹ Accordingly, South Carolina now has no law imposing design safety standards on handguns.

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1. 2012 S.C. Act 285.[↩]