XD-GEM
Campaign Veteran
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HB 44 by Reps Lafonta, Hardy, and Stiaes appears to be a response to the Mardi Gras shootings in New Orleans, but goes way beyond the scope of those crimes.
In a nutshell, it would ban the possession of guns by anyone other than LEO within 1000 feet of any public place where more than 50 people are present. Public places are then broadly defined to include almost anywhere except one's own property.
The law contains exceptions for many of the usual exceptions, including historical re-enactors and people with Parish Concealed carry permits( NOT the same as the statewide permits that many people have). It also contains the exception for "any constitutionally protected activity which cannot be regulated by the state, such as a firearm contained entirely within a motor vehicle." That phrase, if taken at its most literal, should mean that it would not ban OC - which is a constitutionally protected activity; but it would still ban the people with CC licenses from carrying.
One could rightly expect LEO not to see the subtlety in the law until such time as the Supreme Court rules against them.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=637526links you to the entire text, if you choose to read it.
Write your reps and ask them to oppose this bill, as it is patently unconstitutional.
HB 44 by Reps Lafonta, Hardy, and Stiaes appears to be a response to the Mardi Gras shootings in New Orleans, but goes way beyond the scope of those crimes.
In a nutshell, it would ban the possession of guns by anyone other than LEO within 1000 feet of any public place where more than 50 people are present. Public places are then broadly defined to include almost anywhere except one's own property.
The law contains exceptions for many of the usual exceptions, including historical re-enactors and people with Parish Concealed carry permits( NOT the same as the statewide permits that many people have). It also contains the exception for "any constitutionally protected activity which cannot be regulated by the state, such as a firearm contained entirely within a motor vehicle." That phrase, if taken at its most literal, should mean that it would not ban OC - which is a constitutionally protected activity; but it would still ban the people with CC licenses from carrying.
One could rightly expect LEO not to see the subtlety in the law until such time as the Supreme Court rules against them.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=637526links you to the entire text, if you choose to read it.
Write your reps and ask them to oppose this bill, as it is patently unconstitutional.
