Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to override a veto of a bill that exempts certain persons from the crime of illegally carrying a gun.

Highlights:

• Specifies that this law does not apply to any person if both of the following conditions are met (Sec. 1):

• The person is twenty-one years of age or older; and

• The person is not prohibited from possessing a firearm.

• Establishes that a concealed handgun permit is to be issued only to a Louisiana resident who qualifies for a permit under the provisions of this Section and a concealed handgun permit issued according to the provisions of this Section is to grant authority to a Louisiana resident to carry a concealed handgun on his person (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a Louisiana resident who meets the qualifications is not to be required to possess a valid concealed handgun permit issued by the state of Louisiana according to the provisions of this law to carry a concealed handgun in the state of Louisiana and the provisions of this Subsection are not to affect the requirements of reciprocity as provided in Subsection T of this Section (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that no individual to whom a concealed handgun permit is issued or a person carrying a weapon may carry and conceal such handgun while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance and while a permittee is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, an otherwise lawful permit is considered automatically suspended and is not valid (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a permittee is to be considered under the influence as evidenced by a blood alcohol reading of .05 percent or greater by weight of alcohol in the blood, or when a blood test or urine test shows any confirmed presence of a controlled dangerous substance (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that a permittee armed with a handgun or a person carrying a weapon is to notify any police officer who approaches the permittee in an official manner or with an identified official purpose that he has a weapon on his person, submit to a pat-down, and allow the officer to temporarily disarm him (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that whenever a law enforcement officer is made aware that an individual is carrying a concealed handgun and the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual is under the influence of either alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, the law enforcement officer may take temporary possession of the handgun and request submission of the individual to a department certified chemical test for determination of the chemical status of the individual (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that whenever a law enforcement officer is made aware that an individual is behaving in a criminally negligent manner as defined under the provisions of this law, or is negligent in the carrying of a concealed handgun, the law enforcement officer may seize the handgun, until adjudication by a judge, if the individual is issued a summons or arrested under the provisions of this law and failure by the permittee to comply with the provisions of this Paragraph is to result in a six-month automatic suspension of the permit (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, is to provide a 60 minute online concealed handgun education course at no cost to Louisiana residents (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the concealed handgun education course is to cover the following topics (Sec. 1):

• Concealed handgun basics and nomenclature;

• Firearm-free zones;

• Use of deadly force; and

• Interactions with law enforcement officers.

• Specifies that the 60 minute concealed handgun education course provided by this Section does not fulfill the requirements for obtaining a concealed handgun permit (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that state police are to maintain an online database of all licensed handgun and firearm instructors to allow the public to search for classes (Sec. 1).

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Vetoed by Governor John Bel Edwards

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that exempts certain persons from the crime of illegally carrying a gun.

Highlights:

• Specifies that this law does not apply to any person if both of the following conditions are met (Sec. 1):

• The person is twenty-one years of age or older; and

• The person is not prohibited from possessing a firearm.

• Establishes that a concealed handgun permit is to be issued only to a Louisiana resident who qualifies for a permit under the provisions of this Section and a concealed handgun permit issued according to the provisions of this Section is to grant authority to a Louisiana resident to carry a concealed handgun on his person (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a Louisiana resident who meets the qualifications is not to be required to possess a valid concealed handgun permit issued by the state of Louisiana according to the provisions of this law to carry a concealed handgun in the state of Louisiana and the provisions of this Subsection are not to affect the requirements of reciprocity as provided in Subsection T of this Section (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that no individual to whom a concealed handgun permit is issued or a person carrying a weapon may carry and conceal such handgun while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance and while a permittee is under the influence of alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, an otherwise lawful permit is considered automatically suspended and is not valid (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that a permittee is to be considered under the influence as evidenced by a blood alcohol reading of .05 percent or greater by weight of alcohol in the blood, or when a blood test or urine test shows any confirmed presence of a controlled dangerous substance (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that a permittee armed with a handgun or a person carrying a weapon is to notify any police officer who approaches the permittee in an official manner or with an identified official purpose that he has a weapon on his person, submit to a pat-down, and allow the officer to temporarily disarm him (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies that whenever a law enforcement officer is made aware that an individual is carrying a concealed handgun and the law enforcement officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the individual is under the influence of either alcohol or a controlled dangerous substance, the law enforcement officer may take temporary possession of the handgun and request submission of the individual to a department certified chemical test for determination of the chemical status of the individual (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes that whenever a law enforcement officer is made aware that an individual is behaving in a criminally negligent manner as defined under the provisions of this law, or is negligent in the carrying of a concealed handgun, the law enforcement officer may seize the handgun, until adjudication by a judge, if the individual is issued a summons or arrested under the provisions of this law and failure by the permittee to comply with the provisions of this Paragraph is to result in a six-month automatic suspension of the permit (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, is to provide a 60 minute online concealed handgun education course at no cost to Louisiana residents (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that the concealed handgun education course is to cover the following topics (Sec. 1):

• Concealed handgun basics and nomenclature;

• Firearm-free zones;

• Use of deadly force; and

• Interactions with law enforcement officers.

• Specifies that the 60 minute concealed handgun education course provided by this Section does not fulfill the requirements for obtaining a concealed handgun permit (Sec. 1).

• Establishes that state police are to maintain an online database of all licensed handgun and firearm instructors to allow the public to search for classes (Sec. 1).

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