Gun Control Bills Introduced in Louisiana

[Hazwaste]

Gun Control Bills Story

Three new gun control (AW ban, gunshow background checks, ballistics database) bills have been introduced in the Louisiana Legislature. All you fellow Louisianans need to get on the ball NOW to kill these before they can get out of committee. Please, email, fax, and call your state representative to tell them to not support Cedric Richmond's reactionary anti-gun agenda. He is attempting to suppress our rights simply because he happens to know someone who was killed with a gun.

Thank you.

 

[Standing Wolf]

"The availability of guns has caused those skirmishes to escalate into murder," Richmond said.

Yet another representative of the Democratic (sic) party proves he's immune to logic.

 

[cheygriz]

Have the good pholks of Louisiana become so "politically correct" that they've forgotten all about tar and feathers? Seems that I can remember reading about good Louisiana pholk in the fifties that found those items to be "very educational" to liberals. (LOL)

 

[PATH]

The good people of the fair state of Louisiana must put this bit of crap legislation in the trash. Work the phones and dash off those letters folks!

 

[Hazwaste]

Update: This guy will also be introducing a bill to register handguns in the state, and charge a $25 fee for new handgun purchases.

I've contacted my state representative, who called me back to let me know there is no way that he will be supporting any of the bills.

 

[cheygriz]

Hazwaste,

What part of loosyana y'all from mah frand?

Me, Ah done ate lotsa dem crawfish and lotsa dat rice wit mah frands down 'roun Lafayette, Opelousas and Breaux Bridge. Done ate lotsa good boudin, and Poche's sausage too! (an' got da belly to prove it)

 

[NewShooter78]

State representative files gun control bills


By The Associated Press
After one of his former Little League players was shot in the head following a fight, a New Orleans lawmaker said he wants Louisiana to tighten up its gun regulations.
State Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, filed three bills for the regular legislative session that begins March 29 to ban assault weapons in Louisiana after a similar federal ban expires, require background checks on all buyers at private gun shows and create a database that would collect information on the ballistic markings that guns leave on bullets or shell casings.

A fourth bill by Richmond would require the registration of handguns and charge a $25 fee for the sale of a handgun.

It's unclear how Richmond's bills will fare -- or if they'll even get out of committee. Although the Legislature has been resistant to gun-control measures, Richmond said he thinks many members of the House Criminal Justice Committee are alarmed by the violence in the state's urban areas.

"They are really fed up with gun violence, which is not limited just to New Orleans," he said.

But Rep. Danny Martiny, R-Kenner, chairman of the committee, said many members remain opposed to any restriction of legal gun ownership.

After a decline in murders in the late 1990s, mirroring trends across the country, the homicide rate in New Orleans increased during the past four years. Records show that 275 people were killed in New Orleans last year, and Richmond said about 90 percent of the homicides were committed with firearms.

Richmond said his legislation was prompted by the recent death of a 20-year-old man he had coached in Little League. The man was shot while riding off on a bicycle after a fist fight.

"The availability of guns has caused those skirmishes to escalate into murder," Richmond said.

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Thought I would just paste the whole story for my fellow Louisiana residents to look over. I'll be contacting my reps. It figure's that this guy is from New Orleans. There isn't any other place I would expect this to come from. (Former New Orleans resident here.)

 

[Hazwaste]

Lake Charles, Griz.

 

[Preacherman]

Living in Louisiana myself, let me just say that only New Orleans politicians can even think about introducing this sort of legislation without committing electoral suicide - this is a very gun-friendly state! It was one of the first to pass a "make my day" law for vehicles: after a spate of car-jackings, and enormous anger among the ordinary people of the state, the Legislature passed a bill (which the Governor immediately signed) to the effect that if someone attempts to hi-jack your car, it's to be regarded as an extension of your home, with the same "castle" rights of defence as your fixed property. In other words, you could use lethal force to defend yourself, whether or not lethal force was offered against you. After several car-jackers came to sudden and sticky ends (to widespread public satisfaction) the problem largely resolved itself.

I personally doubt that these bills will make it to the floor for a full vote. If they do, those who voted to put them on the floor will have some heavy, hard explaining to do come next election - and they know it! Democrat or Republican, outside New Orleans the average Louisiana voter is solidly pro-RKBA and 2A, and won't stand for any nonsense.

 

[Matthew Courtney]

These bills will be DOA.