Could HOA ban weapons?

WIS-TV reports on the homeowners' association of Del Webb at Cane Bay, in the low country at Summerville. See the article dated June 4, 2021 right here.

That HOA's attorney says that the HOA can regular firearms on the property it owns. I wonder how much of the HOA's money will be spent to find out if he is right. The HOA should ask him, "How certain are you, and will you pay our legal bills if you are wrong?"

The question has come up because of the Open Carry with Training law that goes into effect in South Carolina on August 16, 2021. 

While the HOA owns the common property, including pool, office, tennis courts, etc., and may, in the case of Cane Bay, own the roads, the situation in The Summit is that the HOA most likely does not have any authority over the roads. The roads are owned and maintained by Richland County.

The HOA doesn't agree with this, but it won't provide any evidence or proof of its position. The HOA claims to be able to enforce the CC&Rs and By-Laws on the streets in The Summit. I say its authority ends at the curb. Only County ordinances and South Carolina statutes apply to the roadways.

If you get a nastygram about a car (your car, your neighbor's car, a guest's car, a tradesman's vehicle) parked in the street in front of your house, don't sweat it.

First of all, you've got 20 days to move it. It'll probably be gone before you ever receive the nastygram from the office, which was the case when a letter showed up here about three days after the homeowner's daughter's car was parked on the street for three hours one day.

But if you do get such a letter, just take a picture of the empty street in front of your house and tell the office the car is gone - or that it's not your car and therefore they can't come after you, the homeowner.

The HOA at Cane Bay is waving a red flag in front of a bull. They'll wish they hadn't.