concealed carry at the state fair?

[spanky]

# A parade or demonstration for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity;
# Any portion of the permitted area of an establishment that has been granted a Class A-General retail permit, as defined in Part II of Chapter 1 or Part II of Chapter 2 of Title 26 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to sell alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises.

anyone know if either of those 2 laws would pertain to this?

 

[CavalryJim]

I have done it before and will most likely do it again. Keep it concealed and don't act stupid and it shouldn't be an issue.

Or just open carry.

 

[spanky]

I decided to be a good citizen and ask a cop at the gate about it. I showed him my permit and said "Is this going to be a problem?" He basically told me that they'd "prefer" if I left it in my car since it's "private property." I'm not sure about the latter but I'd think they'd prefer law abiding citizens keep their guns on their person as opposed to in their car which could possibly be stolen. Anyway, I didn't want any fuss so I went put it back in the car.

I always find these gun laws so ironic. The only people that gun laws hurt are the law abiding citizens. A criminal isn't going to care about the laws so that only leaves us innocent people unarmed.

 

[CavalryJim]

I decided to be a good citizen and ask a cop at the gate about it.

Cops will almost always tell you "no" regardless of whether it is legal or not.

 

[spanky]

Yeah.

 

[topgunz1]

I think it probably falls under a function w/a permit issued if I had to guess...

 

[colby]

I always find these gun laws so ironic. The only people that gun laws hurt are the law abiding citizens. A criminal isn't going to care about the laws so that only leaves us innocent people unarmed.

qft!

 

[Brians_45]

I think it probably falls under a function w/a permit issued if I had to guess...

That's how I read it as well. But there is the law, then there is the law.

 

[LouisianaCarry]

The fair is not a parade or demonstration.

That said, they have a sign saying no weapons of any kind that they carry around and post at the gate. However, said sign is unconstitutional, and that is another goal of LouisianaCarry is to get that removed.

I am not currently aware of any law backing that sign up, and am intersted in getting a summary judgement from the court preventing it's further use.

Here is a search results page from the Legislature's official web site containing all laws referencing firearms: http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/search.asp?ALL=ALL&SearchString=firearms