Costs to kill Louisiana hid bring permits passes committee

BATON ROUGE, La. (BNN) - - A committee advanced an expense on Tuesday that would get rid of concealed bring permits in Louisiana.

HB131, authored by state Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, proposes removing the requirement for a person to have a permit to conceal carry a pistol.

Louisiana State Director of the National Rifle Association Kelby Seanor spoke in assistance of the expense, stating 27 other states enable concealed bring without a permit.

" This legislation put simply obedient citizens of Louisiana on equivalent footing with the criminals," said Seanor.

Courtney Weaver, a woman who states she was shot in the face by her abuser, opposed the bill stating it would "more embolden" people to use weapon violence. The Pew Research Center launched information revealing Louisiana ranked second greatest in overall rates of gun-related deaths in 2021.

Legislators raised concerns about whether people will find out how to utilize a gun securely.

" We do believe in training, I don't believe that anybody in this room concurs that you should not have training," said McCormick in his closing remarks. "The concern is ought to you have government-mandated training or not."

Another weapon bill advanced out of the very same committee would develop the Defense of the Second Amendment Act which guarantees to strengthen Louisianans' Second Amendment.