“GunViolenceArchive.org” ranks Louisiana first in the nation in mass shootings per capita. Just this calendar year alone, there have been 16 mass shootings that killed 9 people and injured 79 others. New Orleans Metropolitan Crime Commission director Rafael Goyeneche says gang activity & youth anger accounts for most of the violence. He calls it “retaliatory street justice”…:
Cut 7 (11) “…any innocent bystanders.”

U-S Senate Candidate Luke Mixon says it’s time for Congress to pass legislation that promotes responsible gun ownership.
Cut 15 (12) “…background check.”
Mixon is one of three announced challengers to Senator John Kennedy.

The Congressional Naming Commission has recommended that Fort Polk in Vernon Parish be renamed for World War I legend Sgt. William Henry Johnson. LSU military history professor, Dr. Martin Loicano says despite being down to just a knife and after suffering 21 separate wounds, he kept the Germans at bay on the Argonne Line in France in 1918.
Cut 10 (09) “…by himself.”
The Naming Commission will submit all recommendations for Congressional approval by Oct. 1.

Memorial Day weekend also marks the start of the summer boating season. Lt. Tim Fox with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries says boat and P-W-C operators born after January 1 1984 must take an online boating safety course and he encourages all boat operators to take it…
cut 6 (09) “…..good decisions”
Got to boat-us-dot-org-slash-louisiana.