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Governor\u2019s veto of concealed carry increases likelihood of historic veto session<\/a><\/p>\n Governor John Bel Edwards vetoes legislation granting the right to conceal carry a firearm without a permit for ages 21 and up. The bill had popular support in both chambers during the session. Edwards said while he supports Second Amendment rights, he believes conceal carry is a large responsibility and one should undergo proper training………<\/p>\n The veto of the concealed carry bill on the heels of a veto to ban transgender females from competing in women\u2019s sports has increased the likelihood of the first-ever veto session to be called.<\/strong><\/p>\n Morris said he\u2019s optimistic a session will be called and conceal carry will become law in Louisiana.<\/p>\n \u201cWe may make a little bit of history here, but we\u2019ll have to see, I don\u2019t know yet but I\u2019m hopeful because I think a lot of the legislation that did get vetoed are things that the citizens of Louisiana really want,\u201d said Morris.<\/p>\n The measure received wide support during the session it passed in the Senate on a 27-9 vote and in the House 73-28.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" and on an earlier note: Governor\u2019s veto of concealed carry increases likelihood of historic veto session Governor John Bel Edwards vetoes legislation granting the right to conceal carry a firearm without a permit for ages 21 and up. The bill had popular support in both chambers during the session. Edwards said while he supports Second … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-rkba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69308"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69311,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69308\/revisions\/69311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}