Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy spoke with reporters today to promote a bipartisan gun bill that’s in response to mass shootings. Cassidy says the proposal increases resources for mental health, improves school safety, and will help keep weapons out of the hands of dangerous criminals while preserving 2nd Amendment rights.
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Former state representative and chair of an organization called 10-thousand Women Louisiana, Melissa Flournoy has written a letter to Laurie Lipsey Aronson, the CEO of Baton Rouge-based Lipsey’s, one of the largest firearm wholesalers in the country. Flournoy is asking her business to stop the distribution of automatic and assault-style, semi-automatic weapons to the public…
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An effort to pass a permitless concealed carry bill was derailed in the final days of the legislative session but the bill’s author says he’s determined it will become law in Louisiana. Brooke Thorington has more.
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Today marks the five-year anniversary of when a gunman shot Louisiana Congressman and Minority Whip Steve Scalise as he and other members of Congress were practicing for the congressional baseball game. Scalise underwent multiple surgeries and several months of rehab. He was one of five people wounded. The shooter was gunned down by responding special agents and officers.