Si alguien usa un arma que puede esconderse y comete un delito, puede ir a la cárcel por hasta tres años. Si esa persona tiene un permiso para llevar el arma, no le aplican esta regla.
Es como si tuvieras un juguete que no puedes llevar a la escuela. Si lo llevas y haces algo malo, te pueden castigar más. Pero si tienes permiso de la maestra para llevarlo, no tendrás problemas.
Imagina que Juan va a una tienda y decide robarla mientras lleva un arma oculta en su chaqueta. Como no tiene permiso para portar esa arma, si lo atrapan, podría enfrentar una pena de cárcel adicional por tener el arma sin autorización.
Hasta tres años de prisión si se comete un delito con un arma oculta sin permiso.
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 al momento de cometer el delito, no se te aplicarán las penalidades adicionales por portar un arma oculta.
La penalidad solo se aplica si se demuestra que tenías un arma oculta sin permiso y esto se incluye en los cargos en tu contra.
La pena máxima es de tres años, que se sumará a cualquier otra condena que recibas por el delito principal.
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