Pontchatoula Muni code sec 30-272 Illegal caring of a weapon there are 5 definitions,
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Sec. 30-272. Illegal carrying of weapons.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to commit illegal carrying of weapons. Illegal
carrying of weapons is:
(1) The intentional concealment of any firearm, or other instrumentality customarily used
or intended for probable use as a dangerous weapon, on one's person;
(2) The ownership, possession, custody or use of any firearm, or other instrumentality
customarily used as a dangerous weapon, at any time by an enemy alien;
(3) The ownership, possession, custody or use of any tools, or dynamite, or nitroglycerine,
or explosives, or other instrumentality customarily used by thieves or burglars at any
time by any person with the intent to commit a crime or violate an ordinance; or
(4) The manufacture, ownership, possession, custody or use of any switchblade knife,
spring knife or other knife or similar instrument having a blade which may be
automatically unfolded or extended from a handle by the manipulation of a button,
switch, latch, or similar contrivance.
(5) a. The intentional possession or use by any person of a dangerous weapon on a
school campus during regular school hours or on a school bus. The term "school"
means any elementary, secondary, high school, or vo-tech school in this state and
the term "campus" means all facilities and property within the boundary of the
school property. The term "school bus" means any motor bus being used to
transport children to and from school or in connection with school activities.
b. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to either:
1. A peace officer in the performance of his official duties. The term "peace
officer," as used in this section, means any constable, marshal, deputy
marshal, sheriff, deputy sheriff, local or state police officer, commissioned
wildlife enforcement agent, federal law enforcement officer, jail or prison
guard, parole officer, probation officer, judge, attorney general, assistant
attorney general, attorney general's investigator, district attorney, assistant
district attorney, or district attorney's investigator.
2. A school official or employee acting during the normal course of his
employment or a student acting under the direction of such school official or
employee.
3. Any person having the written permission of the principal or school board
and engaged in competition or in marksmanship or safety instruction.
(b) (1) The provisions of this section except subsection (a)(4) of this section shall not
apply to law enforcement officers when in the actual discharge of official duties,
or if not actually discharging official duties, when the law enforcement officers
are full-time, active, or retired from full-time active law enforcement service with
at least 16 years of service upon retirement, excluding medical retirees, and
certified by the council on peace officer standards and training and have on their
persons valid identification as duly commissioned law enforcement officers or
retired law enforcement officers. The retired law enforcement officer must be
retired from full-time active law enforcement service with at least 16 years
service upon retirement. The retired law enforcement officer must be certified
annually in the use of firearms by the council on peace officer standards and
training and have proof of such certification.
(2) a. The provisions of this section except subsection (a)(4) of this section shall not
apply to reserve or auxiliary law enforcement officers qualified annually by
the council on peace officer standards and training and who have on their
person valid identification as retired reserve law or auxiliary municipal
police officers. The retired reserve or auxiliary municipal police officer must
be qualified annually in the use of firearms by the council on peace officer
standards and training and have proof of such certification.
b. For the purposes of this subsection, a reserve or auxiliary municipal police
officer shall be defined as a volunteer, nonregular, sworn member of a law
enforcement agency who serves with or without compensation and has
regular police powers while functioning as such agency's representative,
and who participates on a regular basis in agency activities including but
not limited to those pertaining to crime prevention or control, and the
preservation of the peace and enforcement of the law.
(c) This section shall not prohibit active justices or judges of the supreme court, courts of
appeal, district courts, parish courts, juvenile courts, family courts, city courts, and traffic
courts, constables, justices of the peace, and full-time college or university police officers from
possessing and concealing on their person a properly registered firearm or handgun when
authorized by law.
(d)(1) This section shall not prohibit:
a. The ownership of rescue knives by commissioned full-time law enforcement
officers.
b. The carrying of rescue knives by commissioned full-time law enforcement
officers who are in the actual discharge of their official duties.
c. The sale of rescue knives to commissioned full-time law enforcement
officers.
d. The ownership or possession of rescue knives by merchants who own or
possess the knives solely as inventory to be offered for sale to commissioned
full-time law enforcement officers.
(2) As used in subsection (d)(1) d. of this section, a "rescue knife" is a folding knife,
which can be readily and easily opened with one hand and which has at least one
blade which is designed to be used to free individuals who are trapped by
automobile seat belts, or at least one blade which is designed for a similar
purpose. No blade of a rescue knife shall exceed five inches in length.
State law reference—Similar provisions, R.S. 14:95.
