{"id":1077,"date":"2021-04-16T10:51:35","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:52:56","slug":"firearms-related-legislation-for-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/firearms-related-legislation-for-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Firearms Related Legislation for 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here is a list of firearms related legislation proposed in Louisiana for the 2021 Legislative Session.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB16\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>HB16<\/u><\/a> Rep. Danny McCormick (R)- [Supported by LSA] <strong>Constitutional Carry<\/strong>,\u00a0 legalizes Concealed Carry for the same law-abiding citizens who can legally Open Carry in Louisiana. The Concealed Handgun License will remain in tact as an <strong>option<\/strong> for those who wish to seek reciprocity in other states.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB48\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB48<\/a> Rep. Blake Miguez (R)- [Supported by LSA] Provides relative to the requirements for concealed handgun permit safety and training course applicants and instructors<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB52\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB52<\/a> Rep. Debbie Villio (R)- [LSA has No Position] (Constitutional Amendment) Adds aggravated battery committed with a firearm to the list of crimes for which special juvenile procedures are not required<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB118\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>HB118<\/u> <\/a>Rep. Larry Frieman (R)- [Supported by LSA] <strong>Firearms Protection Act<\/strong> making Louisiana a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary State<strong>, <\/strong>to prevent federal regulation from infringing\u00a0on a citizen&#8217;s right to keep and bear arms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB124\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB124<\/a> Rep. Paul Hollis (R)- [Supported by LSA] Provides an exception to certain offenses of illegal carrying of weapons for persons with a concealed handgun permit<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB326\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB326<\/a> Rep. Tammy Phelps (D) [Opposed by LSA] R<span dir=\"ltr\">emoves <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">requirement <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">that <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">handg<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">un <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">b<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">e <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">p<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">ossessed <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">on <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">offender&#8217;<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">s person in order for illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile to apply<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/drafts\/HB353\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB353<\/a> Rep. Mandie Landry (D) [Opposed by LSA] Prohibits the private transfer of firearms between lawful individuals without first obtaining a background check<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB596\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB596<\/a> Rep. Bryan Fontenot (R)- [Supported by LSA] Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms; not &#8220;true&#8221; Constitutional Carry as currently written, it is an advancement for the right to keep and bear arms (i.e., it&#8217;s not what we want, but its better than what we have). The LSA would like to see this bill amended.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/HB597\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HB597<\/a> Rep. Blake Miguez (R)- [Supported by LSA] Provides relative to prohibition on certain governmental entity contracts with companies that discriminate against firearm and ammunition industries<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/SB115\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB115<\/a> Sen. Barrow Peacock (R)- [LSA has No Postition] Prohibits possession of firearms, ammunition, or electric weapons or devices by certain felons<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/legiscan.com\/LA\/bill\/SB118\/2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SB118<\/a> Sen. John Morris (R)- [Supported by LSA] Provides relative to the concealed carrying of firearms by <span dir=\"ltr\">ex<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">tending <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">prohibition <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">from <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">c<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">arry<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">ing <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">and <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">concealing <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">h<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">ndg<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">un <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">while <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">under <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">t<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">he <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">influence <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">of <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">a<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">lcohol <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">or <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">a <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">controlled <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">dang<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">erous <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">substance <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">to <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">non-permitted <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">b<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">u<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">t <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">o<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">t<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">h<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">r<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">w<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">i<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">s<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">e <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">l<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">e<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">g<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">al <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\">carriers and extends the notification requirement to police officers to non-permitted but otherwise legal carriers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a list of firearms related legislation proposed in Louisiana for the 2021 Legislative Session. HB16 Rep. Danny McCormick (R)- [Supported by LSA] Constitutional Carry,\u00a0 legalizes Concealed Carry for the same law-abiding citizens who can legally Open Carry in Louisiana. The Concealed Handgun License <span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/firearms-related-legislation-for-2021\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">[Read More]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3558,"featured_media":966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3558"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/louisianashooting.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}