Straight Talk with Bill Frady 6/23/26 Hour 2-HOA declaring gun free zones

Recent widespread 911 system outages across multiple states highlight that emergency services should not be your sole contingency. To ensure personal safety, standard preparedness ought to include maintaining first aid supplies, fire extinguishers, and comprehensive escape plans, alongside owning a firearm. In South Carolina, a Homeowners Association (HOA) is attempting to designate various common areas—including the clubhouse, swimming pool, sidewalks, parking lots, and all outdoor territory—as gun-free zones. While the HOA maintains that residents may keep firearms within their private residences, they are prohibiting them everywhere else on the property. Is such a restriction legally permissible under South Carolina state law?