Two Anti-Gun Senate Bills to be Heard April 3, 2018

The following two bills introduced by consistently anti-gun Senator Troy Carter (D, District 7) will be heard in the Senate Judiciary C Committee in Hearing Room F on April 3, 2018 at 9:30 AM. Please attend if possible.

OPPOSE SB155 Troy CARTER, WEAPONS – Prohibits sale of weapons to any person under the age of twenty-one. Senate Bill 155 seeks to prohibit the sale of “any firearm or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon to any person under the age of twenty-one.” Raising the age from 18 years of to 21 years old affects the constitutional rights of over 180,000 Louisiana adults. Under current law, these adults have the right to vote, marry, contract, join the military and purchase firearms. Many live on their own, including those who are married or are single parents. Some are even military veterans. Denying these adults their right to purchase a firearm, denies them their most effective means of defense should they be the subject of criminal attack not to mention their ability to purchase hunting rifles and shotguns. In addition, this bill would deny these same adults the ability to purchase knives or possibly even baseball bats. The suggested change is unnecessary and could lead to the unintended consequence of leaving young adults vulnerable to criminal attack.

OPPOSE SB274 Troy CARTER, WEAPONS – Prohibits sale of assault weapons to any person under the age of twenty-one. Senate Bill 274 seeks to prohibit the sale of “any firearm, assault weapon or other instrumentality customarily used as a dangerous weapon to any person under the age of twenty-one.” Adding the poorly defined term “assault weapon” to the language of SB155 above does nothing as this bill also seeks to raise the age limit on all firearms, knives, etc. For the same reasons as set forth above, this bill is objectionable. In addition, the term “assault weapon” is both over used and under defined. It isn’t a technical firearm term so legislators define it as they see fit. There are two bills pending this year seeking to control “assault weapons” in some way and each uses a different definition of what one is. These definitions both differ from the expired federal law. In fact, the definition has become so broad as to encompass common semiautomatic hunting and target guns.

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