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Does Louisiana require gun registration?

Mike

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The reason I ask is a an opinion issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit stated that Louisiana has a gun registration scheme under Louisiana, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 40:1783 (registration of firearms).

Can anyone shed light on this?

John and I are not tracking Louisiana as requiring gun registration.
 
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KBCraig

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Yes, Louisiana requires registration of firearms. Or rather, "firearms", as defined in 40:1781, below:

http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=97848

(3) "Firearm" means a shotgun having a barrel of less than eighteen inches in length; a rifle having a barrel of less than sixteen inches in length; any weapon made from either a rifle or a shotgun if said weapon has been modified to have an overall length of less than twenty-six inches; any other firearm, pistol, revolver, or shotgun from which the serial number or mark of identification has been obliterated, from which a shot is discharged by an explosive, if that weapon is capable of being concealed on the person; or a machine gun, grenade launcher, flame thrower, bazooka, rocket launcher, excluding black powder weapons, or gas grenade; and includes a muffler or silencer for any firearm, whether or not the firearm is included within this definition. Pistols and revolvers and those rifles and shotguns which have not previously been defined in this Paragraph as firearms from which serial numbers or marks of identification have not been obliterated are specifically exempt from this definition.

NFA stuff, in other words.
 

georg jetson

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Mike, do you have a link to the opinion? I'd like to see the context of this reference.

Edit - I found it here...
http://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/DECA496973477C748525791F004D84F9/$file/10-7036-1333156.pdf

The cite appears in a footnote and it is used improperly. How does this type of misinformation end up in a final judgment from an appeals court? Attorneys not doing their job?
 
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