Louisiana’s legislature recently implemented permitless carry, a monumental victory in the fight for gun rights. Now, Republican state lawmakers are considering a measure that would ensure that local governments are unable to subvert the new law by imposing their own gun restrictions.
State Sen. Blake Miguez, who authored the permitless carry legislation, introduced a bill prohibiting local agencies and governments from enacting additional restrictions in response to the new law that would impede people’s rights to keep and bear arms.
Senate Bill 194, recently advanced from the Senate Judiciary C Committee to the floor, would bring uniformity to the state’s firearm regulations. If passed, it would essentially centralize gun restrictions at the state level, preventing local municipalities from implementing restrictions more stringent than those established by the state.
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