COLUMBIA — Charges for gun possession crimes pending when state law changed to allow permit-less carry two years ago will vanish after this week’s House vote.
The House voted unanimously Wednesday to override Gov. Henry McMaster’s veto of a bill dismissing charges for unlawful possession of a gun that were pending when the law changed. That was the last step needed for the bill to become law. The Senate agreed unanimously to do the same at the end of last year’s session.
The bill was meant to close a loophole in a 2024 law that allowed adults who could legally buy a handgun to carry it without a concealed weapon permit…