Exercising the Right
Constitutional Carry in Louisiana
One of the positive trends this column has been reporting on is how states are changing their gun laws to allow the permitless carry of handguns, which is popularly referred to as “constitutional carry.” The Shreveport Times reported on May 30 that the Louisiana Senate voted to approve a law, which had already passed the House, that will allow gun owners who are at least 21 years old to carry concealed firearms without obtaining a permit. The bill was sponsored by Republican Representative Danny McCormick, who explained, “Constitutional carry will restore Second Amendment rights in Louisiana.”
Kelby Seanor of the National Rifle Association touted one of the many benefits of constitutional carry, saying that “it puts law-abiding citizens on equal footing with criminals…. It removes the burden to exercise a constitutional right.”
Louisiana law already allows gun owners to open-carry handguns in public without a permit, but the new law will now allow gun owners to carry concealed. More than half the states in the country have constitutional carry, including all of the states that border Louisiana.
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