{"id":3287,"date":"2024-05-15T13:25:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2024-05-15T13:25:29","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T13:25:29","slug":"pro-gun-bills-on-the-move-in-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=3287","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Gun Bills On The Move In Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-scaled.jpg\" data-caption=\"Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-696x522.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-1068x801.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/AP21279796086950-265x198.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"Louisiana attorney general Jeff Landry\" title=\"Louisiana attorney general Jeff Landry\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">While lawmakers in many states like <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/virginia-governor-vetoes-tide-of-anti-gun-legislation-stops-dem-tyranny-cold-for-now\/\">Virginia<\/a>, <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/colorado-awb-dead-for-now\/\">Colorado<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/maine-democrats-fail-to-override-veto-on-awb-measure\/\">Maine<\/a> have pushed all sorts of anti-gun measures this spring, those in some states have worked hard to restore or expand gun owners\u2019 rights. And one good example of that is Louisiana.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The House of Representatives in the Pelican State recently approved three pro-gun Senate measures and sent them on to Republican Gov. Jeff Landry for his consideration. All three make a significant, needed change that will be positive for the state and for Louisiana firearm owners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">One of the measures, <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372384\">Senate Bill 194<\/a>, would enhance and strengthen the state\u2019s firearms preemption law, which basically keeps municipalities and parishes from passing more restrictive gun laws than those in state law. If signed into law by Gov. Landry, this measure would e<span style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">xpands the types of behavior political subdivisions are generally prohibited from regulating, provide standing for both individuals and organizations to seek declaratory and injunctive relief when political subdivisions are in violation and require political subdivisions to repeal any offending ordinances or regulations within six months of the bill\u2019s enactment.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u201cA person or an organization whose membership is adversely affected by any ordinance, order, regulation, policy, procedure, rule or any other form of executive or legislative action promulgated or caused to be enforced in \u00a0violation of this Section may file suit against an offending political subdivision in any court of this state having jurisdiction for declaratory and injunctive relief,\u201d the measure states. \u201cA court shall award a prevailing plaintiff in any such suit reasonable attorney fees and costs including expert witness fees and expenses.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">This measure would further restrict the authority of local governments to regulate firearms to include their \u201cmanufacture, \u2026carrying, \u2026storage, \u2026[and] taxation;\u201d and add \u201cfirearm accessories, knives, edged weapons, or any combination thereof\u201d to the preemption statute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Another measure sent to the governor is <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372379\">Senate Bill 214<\/a>. That measure would <span style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">create a uniform set of laws for carrying concealed firearms in dining establishments, ensuring lawful citizens have the right to defend themselves and their families in places that serve alcoholic beverages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">Yet another measure passed and sent to the governor, <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1372408\">Senate Bill 152<\/a>, makes some technical clarifications for some of the state\u2019s carry statutes. As Gov. Landry is a strong Second Defense defender, he is expected to sign all three measures into law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\">One other pro-gun measure is still on the move in the Louisiana House of Representatives and is expected to be considered soon in the House Commerce Committee. That bill, <a style=\"color: #467886; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/legis.la.gov\/legis\/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1366190\">Senate Bill 301<\/a>, would prevent payment processors from using firearm-specific merchant category codes (MCCs), a move that several other states have already passed during this legislative session.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/pro-gun-bills-on-the-move-in-louisiana\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 While lawmakers in many states like Virginia, Colorado and Maine have pushed all sorts of anti-gun measures this spring, those in some states have worked hard to restore or expand gun owners\u2019 rights. And one good example of that is Louisiana. \u00a0 The House of Representatives in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-reviews"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}