Governor Dennis Daugaard has declined to sign two concealed carry bills into law that were approved and placed on his desk from the South Dakota State Legislature in March of 2017.
Gun rights advocates are preparing for a showdown in Pierre: a veto battle over carrying guns inside the State Capital Building and Concealed Carry without a permit.
South Dakota has seen a huge surge in concealed carry permits in the last year. Now there will be a new pistol for those permit holders to that could hide in plain site.
South Dakotans appreciate their right to carry firearms. That became obvious with the news that the state saw a 21 percent increase in concealed carry permits during 2015.