Posted on 04/24/2021 5:45:21 AM PDT by marktwain
Louisiana is in play to pass a Constitutional Carry bill in 2021. SB 118 has passed a crucial Senate Committee. It is scheduled to go to the floor of the Senate on 21 April 2021. It seems likely to pass the Senate.
Senate Bill 118 requires the person who would carry without a permit to be 21 years old, or older. It requires a person who is approached by a law enforcement officer to disclose they are carrying a concealed weapon. It prohibits the carrier from being under the influence of alcohol.
The legislators are aware of how much fearmongering has been attached to such legislation in the past. From leesvilledailyleader.com:
“It’s a law that’s time has come,” Zelenka said. “You’re going to hear testimony that the sky will fall and blood will flow through the streets if you pass this bill. Those dire predictions have proven to have been unfounded.”
Experts testified that the costs of the current required nine-hour training course, other fees and fingerprints range from $225 to $325.
A similar bill by Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, will get a hearing in a House committee
This correspondent was able to speak with Rep Danny McCormick. He believes his bill, HB16 is superior to SB118. HB16 removes the prohibition on carrying concealed weapons from people who are 18 years of age or older, and who may legally possess firearms. HB16 does not include a duty to disclose to law enforcement officers. It does not add a prohibition on consuming alcohol.
HB16 is expected to come up in the House Committee on the Administration of Criminal Justice on Wednesday, 27 April, 2021.
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Maybe they will pass it while Texas LT Governor Dan Patrick is playing games in the Texas Senate.
How many states is that now?
Louisiana does not issue carry permits to non residents and also does not recognize my Illinois permit. Open carry is legal for all, however.
We are traveling to NOLA next month and there’s no time for me to obtain a Utah permit which Louisiana does honor.
So, open carry it shall be.
L
How will you open carry? Just curious; we will be travelling there in June. I was thinking shoulder...
I plan on a retention holster in a strong side belt rig. It’s what I’m used to.
L
Patrick better start feeling some heat. Maybe George P. Bush can push him over the finish line.
Some advice here— It is illegal to carry open or concealed in any establishment serving alcohol in Louisiana. Consider that if you plan to hit the bars in NOLA.
NOTICE TO ALL FREEPERS
NEW ORLEANS is dangerous as hell. There is no way I’d open carry there as the cops are not the calm and easy going types. Just stay in the first three streets of the French Quarter and don’t go anywhere you don’t see a lot of people. Don’t be a statistic.
Busted, down on Bourbon Street
Set up, like a bowlin’ pin
Knocked down, it gets to wearin’ thin
They just won’t let you be
No New Orleans. Headed to Alexandria.
Thanks
You are a gem! I wish I had your brain...
I live in Natchez MS.
We have Constitutional Carry here. When it was proposed the usual suspects were shouting from the rooftops that there will be blood in the streets and it will look like the old West. Never happened because it never happens.
The reality is that the Black Population here still shoot each other, the same as they did before the Law was passed. Sad but true. We’re not Chicago by a long shot, but there are areas in Jackson where it’s the norm.
I ended up getting a MS Carry Permit since I drive to Louisiana all the time and they have Reciprocal Permit Carry Laws.
I will bet that I’m never more than a 100 feet away from a Firearm, not including mine, wherever I choose to go.
Every time some idiot chants that, I ask if they checked the stats of other states that have gone CC. "No? Then you don't know what you are talking about. Yes? Where's the blood bath there?"
After some sputtering, they end up with "Well, it COULD happen."
An Armed Society is a Polite Society, at least where I live.
Florida needs to step up and do this also, the time is ripe.
I got out of my tree once; will not go back there again.
Yes, I live in FL. I have a question to one or more of you gun owners. In FL you can own a gun for protection in your own domicile without having to get a conceal/carry permit. If you have a home pistol, and want to have it in some kind of holster to keep nearby in a drawer, or chair pocket, or laying nearby, are there holsters that you don’t have to snap open or can leave open so that you can get your gun out of it quickly if an emergency arises? You’re talking to someone with bare minimum knowledge of firearms, but concerned about home safety and protection issues for future reference.
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