It is all smoke and mirrors and then the dog & pony show up there. This, like every other Bill, gets pre-determined over free dinners (paid by lobbyists and taxpayers), at Ruth's Chris. Another reason I say, I will NEVER go up there and waste my time languishing through the BS in a Committee room.
Indeed, it did not.
No way in hell does this Senator Luneau just happen to wait all the way to the last Committee to offer an amendment like mandatory training. It was a "Fiscal" Committee. They were only supposed to be considering the monetary pros and cons at that point. These charlatans do this sh*t all the time up there!
Sadly I have to agree with you. I have lived in Georgia for a number of years, it's not much better over there. Too "Pro Minority" for me.
Should be covered in this. https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78739
I may have to throw the challenge flag on some of this.Pretty long but got this email from Danny McCormick this morning about why he killed it….
My Friends,
This is a very painful email to write. I don’t think I can properly express the disappointment and, well, anger I have at the shenanigans politicians played with your right to keep and bear arms.
So, I guess the best way is to list the Good, the Bad and the extremely Ugly.
Let’s start with the Good- House Bill 131, my Constitutional Carry Bill, passed through the State House of Representatives fast and intact. Efforts to water down the Bill failed and I really had high hopes that politicians in Baton Rouge finally realized that the people demand their right to bear arms be restored… without paying another tax or begging permission to carry a firearm for self- defense.
However, looking back on it, I am pretty convinced this was because ‘leadership’ knew what the State Senate was about to do. In fact, later events in the House proved this.
Next, the Bad- As soon as Constitutional Carry hit the State Senate, Senators began to gut it. Here are just a few of the changes these anti-gunners stuffed into Constitutional Carry-
Finally, the Ugly- Realizing the State Senate was not going to pass Constitutional Carry, but rather some watered down, crumb from their table, I was forced to pull my Bill. The last thing I want to see is a bunch of anti-gun politicians crowing about how they passed ‘Constitutional Carry’, when in fact all they did was place more infringements on your rights as protected by the 2nd Amendment.
- Created a second-class citizenship, which is unconstitutional under the 14thAmendment, changing the age to exercise the 2nd Amendment from 18 to 21.
- Put hamstrings on where and how the people could bear arms.
- Demanded that anyone who carries also carry a Government issued ID at all times. So, if you had left your wallet or purse in your car, well, felony charges would follow.
- Forced law-abiding citizens, who have committed no crime, to inform law enforcement if they are carrying, creating a tense and dangerous situation with any interaction with police officers.
- And the list goes on, clearly infringing on your Right to Keep and Bear Arms as the 2nd Amendment demands.
But it gets worse.
Realizing that the State Senate was bowing to the Governor and his anti-gun agenda, I had a final play to make. The State Senate had already passed Senate Bill 130. This Bill gives retired law enforcement officers Constitutional Carry, but not you and me.
So, when Senate Bill 130 came up in the State House, I moved to amend it to change it from just retired law enforcement officers to all law-abiding people in the State of Louisiana.
This is where it really got Ugly.
Teaming with the anti-gunners, State Representatives and even the Speaker of the House refused to allow even a vote on this amendment. Clearly, they were happy to allow the State Senate to amend and gut Constitutional Carry, but not allow me to amend a State Senate Bill to force the passage of Constitutional Carry in Louisiana!
If you don’t believe, please click on this link to watch the anti-gunners declare my amendment not ‘germane.’ This means they claimed that my amendment had nothing to do with the bill! Really? Their Bill gave only a special class of people Constitutional Carry while my amendment would make it apply to all law-abiding citizens as the Constitution requires.
This was the last chance to pass true Constitutional Carry and these anti-gun politicians showed that they really didn’t support the 2nd Amendment. Even more, this showed that their previous vote to pass it was nothing more that grandstanding for votes in the upcoming State Election.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
So where do we go from here? Simple. The State Election is just around the corner and groups such as LiberTea Pac will be exposing the anti-gun agenda of those State Representatives and Senators who bowed to the Governor and worked to further infringe your God-given Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
Whether Constitutional Carry ever passes in Louisiana depends on the make up of the State Legislature. If you are as dedicated as I am to restore the 2nd Amendment in Louisiana, please click here to donate to LiberTea Pac so that they can expose the anti-gun schemes in Baton Rouge.
As for me, I am even more committed to fighting to pass Constitutional Carry and not let politicians stand in the way.
I knew this would be a hard fight, but I never knew how ugly the back door deals and the schemes would be.
But with your help, and the help of other patriots in our Great State, we can and will eliminate the unconstitutional infringements these politicians have shackled on your 2nd Amendment.
The fight has just begun.
In Liberty,
Are you saying that Louisiana is not already one of the last hold out states? Looks like it is THE LAST hold out state in the south.
