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[align=left]Here is section N of the
State CCW statute- I will add comments line by line.[/align]
[align=left]N. No concealed handgun may be carried into and no concealed handgun permit issued pursuant to this Section shall authorize or entitle a permittee to carry a concealed handgun in any of the following:[/align]
[align=left](1) A law enforcement office, station, or building.
(Many localities prohibit this anyway, openly or concealed, and our State pre-emption Statute allows for these prohibitions, so check your area)[/align]
[align=left](2) A detention facility, prison, or jail.
(Doubt you are going to pull this one off, regardless)[/align]
[align=left](3) A courthouse or courtroom, provided that a judge may carry such a weapon in his own courtroom.
(Many localities prohibit this anyway, openly or concealed, and our State pre-emption Statute allows for these prohibitions, so check your area)[/align]
[align=left](4) A polling place.
(Many of these are in school zones, so watch out, otherwise, I am not aware of a similar prohibition on OC)[/align]
[align=left](5) A meeting place of the governing authority of a political subdivision.
(Many localities prohibit this anyway, openly or concealed, and our State pre-emption Statute allows for these prohibitions, so check your area)[/align]
[align=left](6) The state capitol building.
(I am not specifically aware of a prohibitory Statute in State law, but BR probably has one prohibiting this. Again, our State pre-emption Statute allows for these prohibitions)[/align]
[align=left](7) Any portion of an airport facility where the carrying of firearms is prohibited under federal law, except that no person shall be prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal, if the firearm is encased for shipment, for the purpose of checking such firearm as lawful baggage.
(Federal law applies here, but you can open carry outside the secured area, barring a local ordinance to the contrary- be prepared to get tackled, though)[/align]
[align=left](8) Any church, synagogue, mosque, or other similar place of worship.
(This one is a clear one- you can open carry here, and you can concealed carry with a Parish permit, as I do)[/align]
[align=left](10) Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.
(This one is tricky. You cannot OC, stautorily, anywhere that sells alcohol for consumption on the premesis. This paragraph IMPLIES that you can CC with a permit in non-Class A areas. However, paragrah M. states "No concealed handgun permit shall be valid or entitle any permittee to carry a concealed weapon in any facility, building, location, zone, or area in which firearms are banned by state or federal law."Couple that with thefact that RS 14:95.5statesyou cannot carry in any alcoholic etablishment, and you have an ambiguity. The authorities and permit holders are currently operating under the assumption that the implication triumphs, though, so actually- this is a time where you CAN carry somewhere concealed that you cannot carry open (non-Class A alcoholic establihments)[/align]
[align=left](11) Any school "firearm-free zone" as defined in R.S. 14:95.6.
(Here is another example of a place you can carry concealed- with the right permit- that you cannot carry open. You WILL risk hard time carrying in a school zone, unless you areconcealing a weapon persuant to a parish permit [see paragraph C4 of RS 14:95.2 Carrying a firearm, or dangerous weapon, by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions or firearm-free zone])
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