{"id":4264,"date":"2024-12-03T17:14:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4264"},"modified":"2024-12-03T17:14:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T17:14:53","slug":"louisiana-ag-new-orleans-police-superintendent-spar-over-carry-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=4264","title":{"rendered":"Louisiana AG, New Orleans Police Superintendent Spar Over Carry Law"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It\u2019s not unusual for states to pass pro-gun laws and big-city bureaucrats disagree with those laws. What is uncommon, however, is for police leaders to get into a public spat with the state attorney general over such laws.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what happened recently in Louisiana when New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick decided that the carry laws passed by the state just weren\u2019t right for her city.<\/p>\n

Kirkpatrick has a beef with the state law that allows open carry of firearms without gun owners being forced to jump through government hoops and pay a fee just to practice their rights. And when 13 people were shot at a recent small parade, she couldn\u2019t contain her disdain any longer.<\/p>\n

Kirkpatrick told wdsu.com<\/a> that there were thousands of people in attendance for a small parade, and officers observed many people with guns. And what doesn\u2019t sit well with Kirkpatrick is that state law doesn\u2019t allow officers to approach people carrying guns and ask if they have permits!<\/p>\n

Oh, the horror! As we all know, that\u2019s one reason such laws were passed. Why be harassed by policemen simply because you choose to practice a constitutionally protected right?<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand constitutional carry and why it would be okay in some parts of Louisiana, but you can\u2019t say that is true for New Orleans,\u201d Kirkpatrick told the news channel. \u201cI\u2019m a person who appreciates constitutional carry but not in every location. New Orleans is unique. We have no business with guns at a parade or in our entertainment areas at all.\u201d<\/p>\n

Obviously, she doesn\u2019t really understand<\/em> and appreciate<\/em> constitutional carry if she thinks everyone should have that right until they enter New Orleans. Then, apparently, she\u2019d prefer her own version of stop-and-frisk.<\/p>\n

While Kirkpatrick\u2019s statement probably seemed logical to some, it also caught the attention of others who don\u2019t think along those lines. Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill was one of the people who not only disagreed but couldn\u2019t let the statement stand.<\/p>\n

Murril fired back, pointing out that Kirkpatrick was doing what many anti-gun bureaucrats and politicians do best\u2014blaming the gun and not the violent criminal who uses the gun for nefarious means.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince when do violent criminals who shoot multiple people follow our laws?\u201d Murril said in a released statement. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t classify them as \u2018responsible gun owners.\u2019 Let\u2019s talk about the NOPD consent decree\u2014$150 million has been spent so far and kids are shooting each other because police aren\u2019t allowed to enforce the law and gun-carrying criminals aren\u2019t facing consequences. Now is the time to focus on capturing the criminals responsible for this lawlessness, not place blame on a state law that received overwhelming support by the people\u2019s representatives in the Legislature.\u201d<\/p>\n

While it\u2019s unclear who got the last word in the spat, it\u2019s unlikely that New Orleans officials can soon begin stopping people with guns and asking for permits. Not only is the state legislature unlikely to change the law, but Louisiana\u2019s firearms preemption law, passed in 2012, states that local ordinances regulating the carrying of firearms in public may not be more restrictive than state law.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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