So, how many "bumpstocks" have been involved in actual crimes in Louisiana? Did she have data about that issue since she's spending valuable legislative time (or wasting time) representing the interests of her constituents, and, presumably attempting to improve their lives and the lives of all...
My, my...how people forget. Citizens have short memories. I'm not sure why SB 185 could even be passed given its history, but, it's time to remember. Why don't journalists remember too?
La. Rev. Stat. Sec. 40:1796, which SB 185 hopes to amend, was passed during the Clinton Regime after New...
They'll keep this bill and others in contention as long as the legislature is in session, hoping that the opposition and citizens will forget about it. The legislators are paid to be there, but, average citizens who work for a living can't afford to hangout for the entire time that the...
http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=234354
Joseph Bouie, Jr.
Democrat, District 97
New Orleans
http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.aspx?ID=97
Here's one that merits special scrutiny. HB 702 proposes to grant special concealed carry privileges to former members of the Legislature. The concern here is why aren't "all" citizens afforded these same rights? Moreover, giving a special and exclusive right to bear arms to members of the...
That was a joke. Cast iron pans are very porous to rifle fire! Yet, so too will these trauma plates be when placed in backpacks--it's better than nothing I suppose.
This bill is now scheduled for 4/16/18.
http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=18RS&b=SB491&sbi=y
It's called the waiting game to see if concerned citizens will forget about it and they can pass it.
Perhaps, a seasoned career politician and a lawyer who can't push the right button at the moment he needs to do so which is his job (an item that can, in fact be corrected, before the vote timer on a bill expires) shouldn't be in the legislature any longer?
Contact your Senators now!
SB274 deprives lawful citizens of the ages of 18-21 the right to purchase long arms even though such rights are enshrined in both the Louisiana and U.S. Constitutions.
SB491 prohibits using devices enhancing the rate of fire for semiautomatic firearms, but, it is so...
While the legislature is in session, they can present a bill again for reconsideration to see if it gains more votes. This is where they wheel and deal. It's called logrolling. Or, on opposed bills disliked by the public, they'll keep voting as opposition loses steam or forgets about it...
How they voted today on SB 274.
http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1084894
However, it's up for reconsideration for tomorrow. Continue to contact your State Senators!
It's one thing to support the right of States and communities to govern themselves through the democratic process, but, in this instance, the MA Attorney General, substituted her own judgment for MA and every community therein. She bypassed the democratic process and the MA State legislature by...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-06/massachusetts-s-ban-on-assault-weapons-upheld-by-federal-judge
Opinion
https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2018/04/06/Worman%20dismissal-SJ%20ruling%204-6-18.pdf
As expected, liberal judges are ignoring the "in common use" provision of the...
This opinion ignores the plain reading of the SCOTUS decision in District of Columbia v. Heller which held that the Second Amendment protects weapons "in common use." This decision by the Federal 4th Circuit Court of Appeals is limited to Maryland as it adjudicated a ban there, but, it could...