{"id":69022,"date":"2021-06-16T17:34:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=69022"},"modified":"2021-06-16T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T22:34:32","slug":"69022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=69022","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Does Louisiana have term limits?<\/p>\n

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Gov. Edwards expected to veto constitutional carry bill<\/a><\/p>\n

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Gov. John Bel Edwards is looking closely at a bill that would allow most people to be able to carry their firearms concealed without taking a training course but the bill\u2019s chances of being signed into law are looking slim-to-none.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy position on this has not changed,\u201d said Edwards during a recent interview. \u201cA law enforcement officer doesn\u2019t want to discover someone with whom they\u2019re engaging has a firearm for the first time while they are actually searching them and that leads a lot of problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a self-declared advocate for the Second Amendment, Edwards\u2019s position on legal gun ownership has been firm. But\u00a0SB 118<\/a>, which would do away with requiring training, doesn\u2019t appear to be sitting well with him. And with the likelihood of a veto of the bill coming soon, Sen. Jay Morris (R-West Monroe), says the fight will continue until the goal is achieved.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m sure it will; if not by me, then someone else,\u201d said Morris. \u201cYes, it will keep being brought up every year until it\u2019s passed, I\u2019m sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It would only do away with the requirement to pay for a training course, something that costs a lot of money, which some say is a fiscal barrier to low-income citizens. But it wouldn\u2019t do away with the permitting process.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, if you still want to get a concealed carry permit in order to get, for example, reciprocity with another state, you can still continue to get your permit and pay your fees and a lot of people will continue to do that,\u201d added Morris.<\/p>\n

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But opponents of the bill, like Rep. Larry Selders (D-Baton Rouge), say they\u2019re worried this kind of legislation would cause a spike in gun violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you should be licensed; I think you should be trained,\u201d said Selders. \u201cThat\u2019s my only concern is the training. I think it could possibly make more folks on the street have guns and not be properly trained and so, I think it would make it kind of dangerous and scary at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n

But states like Arizona, which have a population size almost identical to Louisiana, have had constitutional carry since 2010. And according to data from the FBI Uniform Crime Statistics, the number of deaths by handguns in Arizona hasn\u2019t spiked since the law was implemented. Dan Zelenka, an affiliate with the NRA, says the same thing could be said for all other states with similar laws.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a track record in 20 other states that shows it has not been a problem,\u201d said Zelenka.<\/p>\n

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If the governor does veto the bill, it would take a two-thirds majority of the legislature to override it. But that hasn\u2019t happened in Louisiana since the mid-90s.<\/p>\n

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