SB 303: Did Louisiana Set Precedence to Ensure American’s Second Amendment Rights?
By: Bob Paine
“Waking Americans, one Patriot at a time”
With little debate, the Louisiana State Senate, with a vote of 31 to 6 passed a strong Constitutional Amendment on April 9, 2012, that would fortify the right to keep and bear arms for the citizens of Louisiana. Currently in the State House of Representatives, SB 303 was referred to the House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee for further consideration.
Senator Neil Riser (R-32), who introduced the bill said, “We would have the strongest Second Amendment law in the nation if we pass this”. Senator Riser faced little resistance before the full Senate while no one spoke against the bill on the Senate floor. In contrast, legislators participated on the Senate floor arguing in favor of Riser’s bill.
At this time, the re-engrossed amendment provides: Section 11. The right of each citizen to acquire, keep, and bear, possess, transport, carry, transfer, and use arms for defense of life and liberty, and for all other legitimate purposes is fundamental and shall not be denied or infringed, and any restriction on this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny. (bold print represents proposed additions/revisions to existing law).
The bill as proposed removes the language that specifies to “not prevent the passage of laws to prohibit the carrying of weapons concealed on the person…” Currently, residents can carry concealed with an approved permit.
With the measure in the House, the new law will take a two-thirds vote of a 105-member House to pass which will then go to the voters in the November 6, 2012 election. The official ballot verbiage as proposed to the electorate would read as follows:
Do you support an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Louisiana to protect as fundamental the right of individuals to keep and bear arms? (Amends Article I, Section 11)
Riser’s amendment is deemed necessary due to the Louisiana Supreme Court’s evisceration with the current right to keep and bear arms provision. This action in 2001 left little protection for Louisianans from an overreaching state-imposed gun control order or should the Heller or McDonald cases be overturned. Should the courts be asked to hear cases, “Strict scrutiny” is considered to be a tougher legal hurdle requiring the courts to determine whether the state’s gun laws would demonstrate “a compelling governmental interest” and are “narrowly defined”.
There were concerns that the new law could lead to guns allowed on campuses but Riser quelled the concerns citing that schools could demonstrate a “compelling state interest” to ban weapons on their grounds.
Currently, Louisianans are protected by both a Castle Doctrine which includes a Stand Your Ground law. Additionally, a workplace protection law prohibits employers from firing workers who have a gun stored and locked in a vehicle parked at the workplace as well as a law protecting firing ranges. Also, a preemptive law that prohibits county and municiple governments from enacting gun laws more restrictive than state law. Open carry is permissible and there are no other restrictions such as gun bans, waiting periods for purchase of guns, no license, registering or permit required to purchase guns. However guns are banned in jails, courtrooms, airports, parades or demonstrations, schools, churches or places that serve alcohol.
In today’s political climate, the Second Amendment is under fire from all political spectrums, but none as frantic as the progressives. And currently, there are many deceptions being fed the public to redirect attention away from a failed administration whose main goal is to “fundamentally change America”. This latest attempt at protecting gun ownership by Louisiana’s Legislature has so far managed to pass under progressive radars and a narrative-toting media. But make no mistake; they are aware that the successful passing by the electorate could change the entire dialogue on a nation-wide scale. And soon, the usual suspects will likely bill this as another evil Conservative plot of genocide against minorities.
November 6 is the election of our lives when it comes to a government, “of, by and for the people”. But in Louisiana, it will include a fundamental right under attack by a progressive ideology that is destroying the very fabric of this country. It’s time to put the argument of a citizen’s rights protected in the Second Amendment to rest. May Louisianans lead the way in protecting a nation’s Constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Article Sources:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=778396
http://theadvocate.com/news/2530777-123/gun-rights-bill-advances-ks
http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2012/04/senate_panel_passes_bill_to_pr.html
http://civilliberty.about.com/od/guncontrol/a/Louisiana-Gun-Laws.htm
I know how I would vote if I lived in Louisiana.
That is the kind of Bills every state needs to be working on. Good job Louisiana!
Another good original article!
…and our out-of-control Congress is trying to pass legislation to outlaw all gun magazines that hold more than 10 bullets. They can kiss my grits …hmm, think I'm going to buy more 32 rd and 17 rd mags today.
One can never have too much ammo, unless there aren't enough clips to store them in…….
We're up to 10,000 + rounds. Our 2-step plan: to get 5,000 rds for each caliber. Then to get 5,000 rds per gun …that would be 9 guns.
Wow….nice inventory. In a lull for the moment but hoping to get out of it so I can get back on the plan….times a wastin…..
I like the shorter clips myself but one should be able to have what one wants without Congress butting in. They have more to do than they can handle with just the spending cuts they should be working on.
I just thought of another friend we have to keep our eye out for…
FamousDrScanlon.
I always enjoyed hearing from Famous Dr.S. I personally don't know how to bring people in without a trail though.
I have been posting a simple "check this out…you might know some folks" and then I post the link as…
navy gentleman . com (no spaces)
It has worked a few times…
I saw that on Big yesterday. Many thanks.
No problem. I remember when I was directed here…it was like being rescued from the wilderness.
Good memory. I spent a month trying to figure out who he was when I first got to Breitbart.
I just left a shout out for EOD.
He was just on BB.
He dropped by.You did good!
Good deal, another lost sheep comes home…….
I just found an interesting thing out…(which you may already know)
If you plug the intense debate user name of someone into the bing or google search engine it will direct you that persons intense debate comment stream page. It is an awful lot easier than trying to find folks through old comments or others' ID pages. Hopefully there is something there that can direct you further…
my problem is a lot of the old BB Intense Debate pages stop, what 7 weeks now? And the new BB's cut off the link to the old articles…so you can not "add" a post.
Amanuensis, B17Engr, 98ZJUSMC, tatankachief, Urinal Mint, Exspook, Tango2niner…. I've poked, but can't find them…
I dropped in today and logged on, just so I could drop a hint to a couple friendlies there. Both were complaining about Discus……
Can't find anyone anymore……I've been trying to locate Washington76. His ID has 2 websites he references. I even sent an email to one but never got a reply…..know of another place he posts but no activity there either….
Some will eventually make it while others we may never hear from…..sad but how it is….
how it is…yup.
Nutsnbolts is Nutsbolts on Disqus- I'd been dropping not so subtle hints to no avail..
I think some of these folks you have to hogtie and drag 'em in here to show them how good it is!
Wait, is that illegal?
I look at it this way. Maybe they wanna hang on longer like others did for a while then moved on. Some may like it still. And some may have monitored this site for a while and either said "nah" or still hovering till they make up their mind.
There is no targeted quest here. The goal is to offer an alternative atmosphere that provides something we once had access to. When that existed, with all its issues, it was still a great place to mingle amongst like-minded folks exchanging ideas and learning from one another……
We just like to think our water cooler is better and our coffee pots brew the best Columbian you ever tasted……..
Snort…this is more like the porch where you sit after you get yourself that cup of coffee…
I have noticed though, this group is sort of spread out, bits of representation from many parts of the country and different backgrounds. The tie is not so much being alike or even agreeing, but a willingness to poke the hornet nests.
Some that we do not see now may have settled in more homogenous or local groups than this. Maybe.
Yes! and the Colombian here is less than the Secret Service pays
OK…. So no hog tying. I'm down with that.
I went to the place Intensedebate said Missy8s had been. I figure if I leave a messaage maybe it would get to her via E-mail. I said there are boatloads of us here that would love to see her join us. I just realized my fatal mistake that… Navy Gentleman would run a ship- not a boat!
I read where Missy said she was starting a new business but she promised to stop by when she has more time. The looming election will smoke her out. She'll need to vent…
I'm a thinking that Missy the rest of the journalists over to Twitter.
Not another victim
Of the Twitter addiction!
I'm starting a new clinic- and base it around 12 steps.
-We admitted we were powerless over tweetering, that our lives had become unmanagable….
Yep, I have found a few old hands but like you said the Intense debate pages stop. I sometimes look through some new Breitbart article comments that have a lot of replies just to look for folks. I did send a note to 98ZJUSMC through a comment he made on disqus/Breitbart but I'm not sure if he got it. I guess we just have to hope we stumble on to them or just keep checking back until they make a current Intense debate comment. The search continues…
If they followed anyone posting here, and visit their personal ID account, they would see activity on this site from the dashboard……..
A suggestion would be to tell them to visit their ID account sometime…..they may catch on that way too….
Great point. Hopefully they start wondering where everyone has gone and start poking around themselves.
Do you guys want to keep the shout outs low key?
Not really sure…..there was mention a few weeks back someone posting the site and it got blocked by the administrator so they sort dropped hints suttle-like……..
Ideas like Navy Gentleman dot com said hi…..hints like that weren't getting blocked. If this site isn't already known by the flunky wannabes running the show over there, I'm sure it will in time.
Hell, we already have our mascot multi personality troll…..so, I guess we're doing sorta good……poor little kid. Barely gets a word in edge-wise….
I have a few names that seem familiar that I have run across on disqus…
Father Moray, aPLWBinA, BeeKay, LBOscarMayer.
Any of them ring a bell?
Posting on the throne makes me mix my "their" with my "there"'s.
T M I
I agree and I apologize.
Where is Darth Shatner? He's a very good debater. Plus the name alone has me rolling.
Shatner was a blast. When I have a few spare seconds I troll for some old friends. Hopefully we dig them all up, one way or another…
Hank Scorpio was another guy that always had something funny to say…
Depends on what I'm shooting …love the 32 rd mag for the rifles. But when I packing concealed, definitely the smaller mags.
I waste too much ammo when I get the big clip out. No will power I guess…
Nice to see an article about Louisiana here…..
Received an email from NRA on this very subject and forwarded to friends. Will have to do the same with this too. As a supplement to the folks in LA, here's the list of Representatives to contact and encourage them to pass this bill. Let the residents vote on this rather than carry the tradition of partisan laws. Lord knows we got enough of these on the books already…..
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/H_Reps_ByName.a...
Good for the Pelican State, and all of her law abiding residents. If SB303 passes through the House, I feel pretty confident that Governor Jindal will sign it. I also feel pretty confident that "law abiding" voters will vote in favor.
In the aftermath of hurricanes there has been some "transferring of wealth" by some who wish not to abide by law. This will help to put a stop to such behaviour. Guaranteed.
Shall NOT be infringed! nuff said. Well done LA.
Excellent article.
LA. saw gun confiscation after hurricane Katrina. I wonder if this legislation is because of that? N.C. just passed a law that allows guns and ammo to be sold durning states of emergency.
That's a good question…..
I did some further reading on this and didn't notice anything related. I did find a site though where the bill could be followed as it moves through the legislature…..
Very well written article. Should pass. Should raise a few eyebrows among the Libberatti.
Awesome. Good for Louisiana. Better than here in CA where you're treated like a felon, unless you are a felon.
The current amendment reads "shall not be abridged".
The proposed amendment allows it to be restricted after "strict scrutiny"
This takes right and away now allows a court to decide.
read it the amendment with changes at:
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocum...