Many in SC worried about "open carry" firearm bill Eleanor Tabone The act, which still needs to pass the Senate before it becomes law, would allow anyone 18 and over to openly carry a firearm without needing a concealed weapons permit, currently required in South Carolina to carry a gun on your person. Elaine Henderson has been a concealed weapons permit (CWP) trainer for 11 years and she says, "I am concerned about those who would skip training because they feel like they don't have to." As a trainer, she see's the experienced and the inexperienced. "I've had students that have owned guns for years and they load the ammo wrong," says Henderson.