Permitless Carry in Louisiana
BY Herschel Smith
1 year, 5 months ago
BATON ROUGE—A House committee on crime advanced a bill 8-1 that would allow permitless concealed carry for individuals 18 and older.
Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, brought what he said was a “constitutional carry” bill before the committee Tuesday. McCormick’s bill would amend present law that only allows concealed carry for 21 or older who undergo the proper training to receive a permit.
Rep. McCormick told the House Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice that his bill, House Bill 131, would mimic current rules that allows individuals 18 and over to openly carry a firearm. His bill would allow individuals to carry a concealed weapon at the same age.
“So basically, what you’re doing with this bill is that you’re trying to get every law-abiding citizen in the state of Louisiana the same ability that every criminal does,” Rep. Raymond E. Garofalo Jr. R-Chalmette, said. “Every criminal right now can carry a concealed weapon with no permit, no training, no nothing.”
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“Personally, I’ve never seen anyone open carry that was doing it carelessly,” Rep. McCormick said in response. “I trust the people with the rights, and I think the Second Amendment gives us those rights.”
Despite all the hand wringing in the gun community, neither have I. I hope Louisiana passes the bill this year and it gets signed into law. Permitless carry in N.C. probably won’t pass this year, but it’ll be reintroduced again in the next session. I’m not sure about its status in S.C.
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On May 19, 2023 at 6:31 am, xtphreak said:
Again with “…Second Amendment gives us those rights…”.
How about “…Second Amendment guarantees us those rights…”.
Elected representative doesn’t understand the underlying principles of the US Constitution.
Sad.
On May 19, 2023 at 7:46 am, J said:
“Elected representative doesn’t understand the underlying principles of the US Constitution.
Sad.”
Can you name a burrocrat that can? I can’t.
On May 19, 2023 at 10:20 am, ColdSoldier said:
Not my representative but my state. I fully support this. My district will be in play for a representative this year. I will demand from whoever wants my vote that they seriously support and advance separation from the federal government. It is the only logical way forward.
On May 19, 2023 at 2:33 pm, PGF said:
This fight is tiresome in this respect. Louisiana had one of the clearest and simplest 2A State Constitution statements of any. Open carry was widespread with no permit. Then, the NRA got the state constitution amended with language introducing some equivocation. The people voted on the amendment because the language seemed very pro-2A, but the measure didn’t have the existing 2A statement side-by-side for comparison. From that came the introduction of the permitting process, where none existed or was previously required. Now, they are going “constitutional carry,” but with many restrictions by law that the permit required. This is why I get sick and tired of this fight. The NRA are criminals, traitors to the law of God, and treasonous in their actions against the people. The lawmakers are criminals before God for their desire to control people, and the people are negligently slothful in the vigilance of freedom.
This isn’t to disparage only Louisiana, a place and people I very much like; these problems are pervasive among “conservative” and “republican” areas. We deserve this failing country, top to bottom and end to end; we deserve what’s coming.
During the time I was hard into 2A activism I spent more time punching to my immediate left among my supposed allies than fighting the communists because team freedom is a ridiculously compliant herd of lemmings, some wilfully, some ignorantly, and traitors abound.