Tighter security measures are in place today in New Orleans as more fans arrive for Super Bowl 59. No coolers, ice chests or large bags on Bourbon Street and surrounding streets. But it will not be a gun-free zone, because the state’s Constitutional Carry law allows permitless conceal carry. But New Orleans Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick says that does not mean you can bring a gun into a bar.
“It is absolutely illegal, has always been, even with the change of the Constitutional law of carrying, to go into any establishment, while armed, that serves alcohol,” Kirkpatrick explained.
Kirkpatrick says they will stop people who are negligently carrying, if you have a gun in your waist band and not in a holster.
“And so, we have trained our officers a little bit more on what those laws are that are available to them. And they will be enforcing strongly, but legally,” Kirkpatrick said.
Kirkpatrick says Louisiana’s law allows non-felon adults to conceal carry without a permit. But she says it would be unwise to bring a gun into a hospitality area.
“I understand Constitutional Carry. I am not opposed to Constitutional Carry. I think it should be carved out in certain areas of the State. because booze and firearms don’t mix!” Kirkpatrick said.
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