A House bill to allow permitless concealed carry was heavily amended by Gonzales Senator Eddie Lambert in a Senate committee. The original bill to allow non-felons over the age of 21 to conceal carry without a permit now creates provisions for a school safety officer and its initial intent has been removed.
Cut 6 (07) “…other schools.”
The session ends Monday, so the only way legislators can address school safety and mass shootings is by amending an existing bill. It remains to see if this school safety bill can make it through the process before the session ends.

At the U-S Capitol, Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins has filed legislation to secure schools. One bill would establish national training standards for school resource officers. Higgins says he filed similar legislation in 2018…
cut 9 (10) “…these school shootings”

Lt. Colonel Chris Eskew, who was the head of State Police internal affairs at the time Ronald Greene died in L-S-P custody, tells state lawmakers he saw no criminal activity when he watched the violent body camera video of Greene’s arrest. Baton Rouge Representative Denise Marcelle provided the line of questioning…
cut 3 (13) “…no ma’am”
Later on in the meeting, Eskew changed his answer. He says he was reluctant to answer for fear it could harm the ongoing criminal and civil investigations into Greene’s death.

There’s another shortage to be aware of….the contrast dye for C-T scans. LSU Health New Orleans radiology professor Bradley Spieler (pronounced: SPEE-ler) radiologists and oncologists are postponing CT scans deemed non-emergency and using smaller amounts of dye when doing scans…
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A plant in China that makes the dye has been shut down as a result of COVID restrictions.