Starting Friday, it will no longer cost money for people in South Dakota to receive their concealed carry permit.
Senate Bill 212, passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Kristi Noem, removed the fee.
“It will not cost you a penny to exercise your 2nd Amendment rights in South Dakota. We are even paying for your federal background checks,” Noem said in a news release. “In South Dakota, we will always defend the rights of law-abiding gun owners to keep and bear arms to protect themselves and their loved-ones.”
Secretary of State Steve Barnett told the Joint Appropriations Committee in January that the state could lose between $100,000 and $250,000.Barnett’s office would have to find a way to make up for the lost revenue or ask for a “straight general fund appropriation to cover that loss,” Barnett said.Some said taxpayers should not have to pay for the concealed carry permits.The Democrats of […]
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