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Permit required for concealed carry? N/A: No: La. R.S. 40:95 La. R.S. 40:1379.3: Louisiana is a "shall issue" state for citizens and lawful permanent residents who are 21+. Effective July 4, 2024, adults 18+ will no longer be required to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon. Permit required for open carry? No: No: May carry openly without ...
Upon the Republican’s signature, Louisiana would become the 28th state that allows people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit, according to the U.S. Concealed Carry Association.
Louisiana state Sen. Blake Miguez and Governor Jeff Landry said the expansion of concealed carry gun rights will protect law-abiding citizens. Louisiana expands concealed carry gun rights on ...
However, one may carry a pistol or a long gun openly with permit to carry a pistol because, the law states that the prohibition on carrying does not include the carrying of a BB gun, rifle, or shotgun by a person who has a permit under section 624.714.
The Federal Gun-Free School Zones Act limits where an unlicensed person may carry; carry of a weapon, openly or concealed, within 1,000 feet (300 m) of a school zone is prohibited, with exceptions granted in the federal law to holders of valid state-issued weapons permits (state laws may reassert the illegality of school zone carry by license ...
Louisiana lawmakers are poised to expand a new law allowing law-abiding adults to carry concealed guns without permits even before it takes effect and are resisting efforts to create more gun-free ...
Prior to August 16, 2013, Arkansas law (§ 5-73-120) prohibited "...carrying a weapon...with a purpose to employ the handgun, knife, or club as a weapon against a person." Among other exceptions, Arkansas law allowed a defense to the charge of carrying of a weapon if "[t]he person is on a journey..." but did not define what constituted a "journey".
What to know: New gun laws rolled out in multiple states on Jan. 1, 2025. Idaho, Mississippi, Arkansas, Montana and Georgia were among the states with the weakest gun laws. States with weakest gun ...