Si alguien comete un delito y tenía un arma que puede ocultar, puede ir a la cárcel por hasta tres años. Pero si tenía un permiso válido para llevar esa arma, no le aplican esta regla.
Es como si te pusieran una multa extra por manejar rápido, pero si tienes un permiso especial para manejar rápido, no te la ponen.
Imagina que Juan es detenido por robar una tienda y se descubre que tenía un arma oculta. Si no tiene un permiso para llevarla, podría recibir una pena adicional de hasta tres años de cárcel, además de la pena por el robo. Sin embargo, si Juan tenía un permiso válido, no enfrentaría esta penalidad extra.
Hasta tres años de prisión, sumado a la pena del delito principal si no tienes un permiso válido.
SECTION 16-23-495. Concealable weapon offense. (A) A person convicted of committing or attempting to commit a crime involving a concealable weapon, as defined by Section 23-31-210(5), in violation of an offense listed in Chapter 23, Title 16, or a violation of Section 10-11-320, must be imprisoned not to exceed three years. A term of imprisonment imposed for violating this section must be served consecutively to any term of imprisonment imposed for the underlying offense, and may not exceed the actual sentence imposed for the underlying offense. (B) This section does not apply to a person with a valid permit to carry a concealable weapon issued pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23, provided that the permit was valid at the time the crime was committed. (C) The additional punishment may not be imposed unless the indictment alleged as a separate count that the person was in possession of a concealable weapon without a valid concealed weapon permit during the commission of the crime and conviction was had upon this count in the indictment. The penalties prescribed in this section may not be imposed unless the person convicted was at the same time indicted and convicted of the underlying crime. (D) The State Law Enforcement Division shall develop a document and distribute it to retailers that are federally licensed to engage in the business of dealing in or selling firearms in South Carolina. Such retailers shall provide the document to gun purchasers in South Carolina to inform them that South Carolina law provides a process for gun owners to obtain a concealed weapon permit and allows law-abiding gun owners to carry their weapons without a permit. The document must inform gun purchasers that if a gun owner commits a crime involving a concealable weapon, and the own
Si tienes un permiso válido cuando cometes un delito, no enfrentarás la penalidad adicional por portar un arma oculta.
Puedes ser encarcelado por un máximo de tres años, y esta pena se suma a la de cualquier otro delito que hayas cometido.
La penalidad se aplica si se prueba que cometiste un delito y tenías un arma oculta sin un permiso válido durante ese crimen.
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