Louisiana: Campus Carry Bill Advances
Some progress has been made in allowing law abiding CCW permit holders to defend college campuses:
The state House Criminal Justice Committee approved a widely-debated gun bill with an 11 to 3 vote Thursday after three hours of discussion.
House Bill 199, introduced by Rep. Ernest Wooton, of Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Charles parishes, would authorize concealed handgun license holders to exercise permits on higher education campuses.
The bill aims to limit a college or university’s authority to regulate or prohibit concealed carry on campus.
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The bill will advance to the House floor, where it will be discussed and voted on by all representatives.
Wooton said the bill applies to all members of a campus community, including faculty, staff and visitors in addition to students.
Louisiana has a pretty strict permit process including requiring a statement from a doctor that you’re not a nut case. To me, it’s always been, either you can trust us everywhere with our firearm or you can’t trust us anywhere. That is, why would a law abiding citizen, having passed the CCW permit process, suddenly become unhinged because they stroll onto a university campus?
2 Responses to “Louisiana: Campus Carry Bill Advances”
on 02 May 2008 at 3:01 pm # Mattexian
I heard some coverage of this on the radio earlier, and a statement from a LEO spokesman pissed me off. He said the usual, “we don’t need more people with guns on our campuses, there’s no statistical or anecdotal evidence that concealed carry would make any difference on college campuses.” I screamed “Bullshit!” at the radio I was so pissed at his lying CYA. I guess he conveniently forgot the Appalachian Law School shooting, where two students raced to their cars and retrieved their personal guns and stopped the murderer, holding him for police, and the Pearl (Mississippi) High shooting, where the asst. principal retrieved his handgun from his truck and stopped the murderer. I personally want this piece of shit “lawman” held responsible as a coward when another shooting happens at any school, and the police respond by hiding behind their cars until the shooting inside stops, usually because the murderer kills himself instead of allowing himself to be captured. Isn’t cowardice in the face of the enemy still a capital offense?
on 02 May 2008 at 3:07 pm # Mattexian
Let me add this:
I understand that policemen want to go home to their families every night, after a long day at work. I’m pretty sure any students trapped by a gunman would like to go home to their families too, and they aren’t allowed by law to carry on any college campus right now. Their choices for self defense are (1) go unarmed and learn some hand-to-hand and hope that any attacker is close enough to use it on (2) carry anyway, trying to be extra careful as to not get caught by “the authorities” who are already exempt from liability for failing to protect anyone if “an event” takes place.