And the winner is....

The people of Louisiana. These are the common sense Firearms Laws that have passed in Louisiana. Thanks to all the legislators, the NRA, citizens for their work and a Thank You to Governor Jindal for signing these into law!!

The laws go into effect on August 15th, 2010

-HB16 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides for the certification of concealed handgun permit instructors. Concealed Carry instructors who are not POST certified will have to be certified by the NRA in Basic Pistol, Personal Protection Inside the Home or Personal Protection Outside the Home. It makes sense that you are certified in the very curriculum you are teaching. (Act 341)

-HB60 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Amends concealed handgun permit laws. A CCW permittee must be a legal resident of Louisiana, on other words, maintain a physical presence in the state for at least 51% or more of a calendar year. A Louisiana resident MUST have a Louisiana Concealed Carry Permit to carry concealed. This closes a loophole where a resident who lived in another state part time carried concealed with an out of state permit (Act 346)


-HB141 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides that applications to possess or transfer certain firearms may be filed on approved electronic forms (EG SEE FISC NOTE SD EX). Firearms transfers may now be done on electronic forms approved by the Department of Public Safety. Time to move into the 21st Century!! (Act 353)

-HB158 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides with respect to the issuance of concealed handgun permits. Residents cannot apply for a concealed carry permit if they have had one denied in the 12 months prior to an application or revoked in the 4 years prior to an application and resident shall not have an EXPUNGED conviction (Act 354)

-HB235 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Authorizes retired law enforcement officers to purchase their weapons (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note) (Act 239)

-HB348 LORUSSO ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY C WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Amends penalties imposed for a convicted felon in possession of a firearm (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note). Penalty increased to 20 YEARS of which 7-1/2 are at hard labor (Act 815)

-HB556 WOOTON ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY B WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Amends firearm-free zone provisions with respect to concealed handgun permit holders. ELIMINATES the 1000' provision of a firearm-free zone around school property while on the public right-of-way and increases the application time for a Felon convicted under 18 USC 41 to 15 years AFTER completion of sentence (Act 952)

-HB562 BALDONE ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY C LAW ENFORCE/OFFICERS: Expands the crime of disarming a peace officer to include the taking of all forms of law enforcement equipment (Act 820)

-HB609 WHITE ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY C CRIME: Provides with respect to the crime of home invasion (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note) Defines the crime of home invasion as a crime of violence and clarifies it as a FELONY. (Act 524)

-HB1260 HAZEL PENDING SENATE FINAL PASSAGE WEAPONS/FIREARMS: Provides with respect to the possession of a firearm or carrying a concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies. Removes the authority of a Parish Sheriff or the Superintendant of the New Orleans Police Department from issuing Concealed Carry parish permits to persons convicted of certain felonies (Act 942)

-HB1272 H.BURNS ASSIGNED TO SENATE JUDICIARY C WEAPONS/HANDGUNS: Provides with respect to concealed handgun permits. Allows the use of fixed-case ammunition for Concealed Carry Permit training and makes allowance for the State of Louisiana to increase the term for a concealed carry permit from 4 to 5 years. This law also allows concealed carry inside a place of worship but with some restrictions such as : permittee must take an annual 8 hours tactical course, church authority allows the concealed carry in the place of worship and the congregation is notified

-SB174 J.R.SMITH ASSIGNED TO HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE WEAPONS: Provides for training course requirements for a concealed weapons permit for combat veterans. (8/15/10). Honorably discharged combat veterans who can display by proof competence in conflict resolution, deadly force and child access prevention on the last 60 days are exempt from concealed carry training


-SB534 HEBERT PENDING HOUSE REFERRAL PUBLIC LANDS: Allows the possession of firearms on certain public lands. (8/15/10). Concealed Carry permittees are allowed to carry on public lands in Louisiana such as : State Parks, Historic Sites, Preservation Areas, Wildlife Refuges and Wildlife Management Areas. This is in addition to being allowed to carry in certain areas of Federal Parks within Louisiana