Published: February 21, 2024
By: By Elizabeth White, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana lawmakers voted to join 27 other states that allow citizens to carry a concealed handgun without permits or training as a deterrent to rising crime.
The vote came in committee on a hectic day of legislative action that passed a flurry of anti-crime bills urged by the newly-elected Republican Gov. Jeff Landry who has vowed to take a tough anti-crime stance.
Tuesday was the second day of a special session focused on crime and law enforcement issues. A number of bills passed senate and house committees and moved on to other law enforcement panels before they will almost-surely go to the full senate and house for final passage. Landry has said he will sign into law everything that has moved so far to his desk.
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LSU Manship School Statehouse Bureau 
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