Legislative leaders are seeking more time to comply with a federal judge’s order to redraw a Congressional District map. Jeff Palermo has the story…:

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Shreveport authorities say a 4-year-old girl is dead, after drowning in an apartment complex swimming pool. Little Amelia Gray was found submerged at around dinner time last night. She was rushed to an emergency room, where she passed away.

As you remember, a bill to allow concealed carry of a gun without a permit was derailed in the closing days of the legislative session, but its author vows he’ll bring it back again and again, until it passes. Oil City Representative Danny McCormick’s bill was amended into a school safety bill on the Senate floor. The time ran out on the session. McCormick says, despite the setbacks, he’s determined to have Constitutional Carry in Louisiana…:

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Meanwhile a group called 10-thousand Women Louisiana has asked the state’s largest gun wholesaler to quit distributing semi-automatic weapons. Here’s the group’s chairperson Melissa Flournoy, who says they’re not asking for an all-out gun ban…:

CUT 11  (08)        “…assault-style weapons.”

The letter sent to Lipsey’s distributors has over 1100 signatures.