Posted on 11/12/2023 4:25:04 AM PST by marktwain
Louisiana is likely to pass a Constituional Carry bill and enact it into law in 2024. The particulars of the bill are unknown. The 56th Governor of Louisiana is John Bel Edwards. Edwards vetoed a constitutional carry bill in June of 2021.
The next governor of Louisiana was elected on October 14, 2023. Louisiana has an unusual primary election, where all candidates are on the ballot. If one candidate obtains more than 50% of the vote in the primary, they are elected governor. On October 14, Jeff Landry (R) won the primary with 51.6% of the vote. Landry is expected to take office on January 8, 2024.
A constitutional or permitless carry bill was passed overwhelmingly in 2021. The vote was 72 to 28 in the House. A similar bill in the Senate passed 27 to 11. There were enough votes to override a veto, but the Louisiana Governor is very powerful. Governor John Bel Edwards had enough clout to veto the bill and make it stick.
Representative Danny McCormick has made Constitutional Carry his signature issue. In his 2023 race, he raffled off a Sig P365 9mm pistol as part of his campaign. From shreveporttimes.com:
His said his bill would “restore Second Amendment rights in Louisiana.”
“There’s nothing more unjust than to make citizens pay for a right they already have,” McCormick repeated this week.
McCormick said he has raffled off guns in the past, each time raising thousands of dollars.
The tickets are $10 for a $699.99 Sig P365 Macro pistol that is advertised as “what a concealed carry pistol should be.”
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That would be nice.
The more the merrier!
It is time to put criminals on notice ……
I think its a certainty. Edwards had to twist some arms in the legislature to keep them from overriding his veto. They came very close. With a staunchly pro gun rights Republican now the Governor-Elect, constitutional carry is a shoe-in for Louisiana.
The next candidates on the list are North Carolina and South Carolina. North Carolina is afflicted with an awful Democrat Governor Roy Cooper but fortunately, the Republicans hold a super majority in both houses of the legislature. They’ve stuffed a whole series of good bills down Cooper’s throat overriding one veto after another in the last year. The state finally got rid of its Jim Crow era pistol purchase permit law last year. Will the Republican Legislature pass Constitutional Carry in 2024? If not, Lt. Governor Mark Robinson is likely to be elected Governor when Cooper’s term expires on January 1, 2025 and he is a staunch supporter of gun rights. So IMO, North Carolina is likely to pass it in the next year or two.
South Carolina has a Constitutional Carry bill filed in the state legislature in May. Supposedly the bill is out of committee and ready to be voted on by the legislature. The new Governor has said he will sign it if the legislature passes it.
Good. However, IMO one would be wise to NOT open carry unless out in the bayous hunting or whatever. At least practice discreet carry “in town”, wear a cover garment over that N-Frame or whatever.
One advantage of Constitutional Carry is the ability to switch from one to another, legally, at a moments reflection.
Bull. I open carry quite often in Lafayette with no problems.
Once the entire country is like Vermont in that way, the better off everyone will be, even the blue cities like NO for example.
That’s your choice and one is happy to hear that no one has slipped up on you from behind, so far.
I see some open carry in my hometown of Leesville too, and sometimes down the road in De Ridder as well
“It is time to put criminals on notice …”
It’s time to put them in prison or in the ground.
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“However, IMO one would be wise to NOT open carry unless out in the bayous hunting or whatever.”
We visited NOLA 3 years and and I learned that my IL CCL wasn’t valid in LA but open carry is perfectly legal for non residents. So that’s what I did. We had a VRBO in the Lower Ninth so not being armed wasn’t ab option.
No one batter an eye at me.
L
Interesting thing i saw in some more “permissive” gun states is the school zone trap. 1000 feet from a gun free school. Put a map of your city and shade 1000 feet (3 football fields) around every school, from daycare to high school. Now draw me a path you can drive through your city with your legal weapon without going through an illegal zone. Traffic stop in a shaded area and police discover your weapon = felony. I dont know how to resolve the issue until we arm schools.
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