A so-called “Constitutional Carry” bill has been filed for the legislative session that starts in April. Oil City Representative Danny McCormick says Louisianans may already “open carry” a firearm in plain view, provided they have no criminal record. His bill would extend that right to a concealed weapon…
“It’s very important to me, being the grandfather of four granddaughters, that they’re able to put a pistol in their purse and protect themselves from murderers and rapists.”
McCormick’s bill would simply exempt anyone over 18, with a clean criminal record, from the crime of illegally carrying of weapons. Simply put: concealed carry without a permit, which McCormick says is a right guaranteed by the Second Amendment. Critics say it will make Louisiana like the “wild, wild west”, but McCormick says that’s not so…
“Innocent, law-abiding citizens who legally carry a firearms is not the wild, wild west. The wild, wild west is when only criminals have firearms.”
McCormick filed the same bill last year. It passed the House, but was killed in the Senate, when a member sought to amend it into a bill to arm school teachers. Will they seek to kill the bill again this year…?
“We’ll see. It’s election year, you know? Politicians get a lot more sensitive to their constituents in an election year, so…I’m interested to see how they stack up this year.”
The legislature convenes April 10th.
Comments