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Louisiana: State Legislature Faces Important Decisions in Coming Days!

Friday, May 2, 2008

Make Your Voice Heard Today!

On Tuesday, April 29, the Senate Judiciary B Committee reported out Senate Bill 142, sponsored by State Senator Stephen Scalise (R-9), the NRA-backed concealed carry permit confidentiality bill.  SB142 now heads to the full Senate for its consideration.  Please keep checking your email and www.NRAILA.org for further updates on this legislation. 

Also this week, on Thursday, May 1, after 3 hours of debate, the Louisiana House Administration of Criminal Justice Committee reported out House Bill 199, introduced by by State Representative Ernest Wooton (R-Belle Chasse) by an 11 to 3 vote.  HB 199 would allow Louisiana concealed carry permit holders to protect themselves on college and university campuses and removes the state restriction on "gun-free school zones" for permittees.  HB 199 could be considered by the full House of Representatives as early as next week.  Please contact your State Representative and urge him or her to support HB 199 and to resist any amendments that State Representative Wooton does not support.  You can contact your State Representative in Baton Rouge at (225) 342-6945 or by email, which can be found at the end of this email. 

On the Senate side, Senate Bill 51 sponsored by State Senator Joe McPherson (D-Woodworth) has yet to be voted on.  The bill would clarify that current state law allowing Louisianans the right to protect themselves and to possess lawfully owned firearms in their private motor vehicles would supercede policies adopted by business owners or employers prohibiting the transportation or storage of guns in locked cars and trucks parked in their parking lots.  Similar legislation has already passed in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, and now your help is needed to pass it in Louisiana!   

SB 51 should be voted on by the full Senate on Monday.  Lobbyists from the chemical industry are working hard to gut this bill and to render it useless to many plant workers who are NRA member and gun owners -- even though some of their employers force them to park in what amounts to public-access parking lots when they arrive at work!

It is critical that you keep contacting the State Senators listed below, ask them to support SB51, and urge them to resist any amendments that State Senator McPherson does not support when it comes before the full Senate for a vote.   

Please contact the following State Senators Monday morning at (225) 342-2040 OR by:

State Senator John Alario (D-8)
[email protected]

State Senator Jody Amedee (D-18)
[email protected]

State Senator Sharon Broome (D-15)
[email protected]

State Senator Bill Cassidy (R-16)
[email protected]

State Senator Joel Chaisson (D-19)
[email protected]

State Senator Sherri Smith Cheek (R-38)
[email protected]

State Senator Don Cravins (D-24)
[email protected]

State Senator A.G. Crowe (R-1)
[email protected]

State Senator Jack Donahue (R-11)
[email protected]

State Senator Reggie Dupre (D-20)
[email protected]

State Senator Nick Gautreaux (D-26)
[email protected]

State Senator Troy Hebert (D-22)
[email protected]

State Senator Bob Kostelka (R-35)
[email protected]

State Senator Eric LaFleur (D-28)
[email protected]

State Senator Gerald Long (R-31)
[email protected]

State Senator Rob Marrionneaux (D-17)
[email protected]

State Senator Danny Martiny (R-10)
[email protected]

State Senator Mike Michot (R-23)
[email protected]

State Senator Blade Morrish ( R-25)
[email protected]

State Senator Ben Nevers (D-12)
[email protected]

State Senator Julie Quinn (R-6)
[email protected]

State Senator Neil Riser (R-32)
[email protected]

State Senator Stephen Scalise (R-9)
[email protected]

State Senator John Smith (D-30)
[email protected]

State Senator Francis Thompson (D-34)
[email protected]

State Senator Mike Walsworth (R-33)
[email protected]

Please contact the following State Representatives Monday morning at (225) 342-6945 OR by:

State Representative Jim Tucker-Speaker of the House

[email protected]

State Representative Neil Abramson (D-98)

[email protected]

State Representative John “Andy” Anders (D-21)

[email protected]

State Representative James Armes III (D-30)

[email protected]

State Representative Jeffrey Arnold (D-102)

[email protected]

State Representative Elton Aubert (D-58)

[email protected]

State Representative Austin Badon, Jr. (D-100)

[email protected]

State Representative Bobby Badon (D-39)

[email protected]

State Representative Damon Baldone (D-53)

[email protected]

State Representative Taylor Barras (D-48)

[email protected]

State Representative Regina Barrow (D-29)

[email protected]

State Representative Robert Billiot (D-83)

[email protected]

State Representative Richard Burford (R-7)

[email protected]

State Representative Henry Burns (R-9)

[email protected]

State Representative Timothy Burns (R-89)

[email protected]

State Representative Roy Burrell (D-2)

[email protected]

State Representative Thomas Carmody (R-6)

[email protected]

State Representative Stephen Carter (R-68)

[email protected]

State Representative Donald Cazayoux, Jr. (D-18)

[email protected]

State Representative Simone Champagne (D-49)

[email protected]

State Representative Billy Chandler (D-22)

[email protected]

State Representative Charles Chaney (D-19)

[email protected]

State Representative Patrick Connick (R-84)

[email protected]

State Representative Patrick Cortez (R-43)

[email protected]

State Representative George Cromer (R-90)

[email protected]

State Representative Michael Danahay (D-33)

[email protected]

State Representative Herbert Dixon (D-26)

[email protected]

State Representative Jean Doerge (D-10)

[email protected]

State Representative Gordon Dove (R-52)

[email protected]

State Representative Hollis Downs (R-12)

[email protected]

State Representative John Edwards (D-72)

[email protected]

State Representative Noble Ellington (D-20)

[email protected]

State Representative James Fannin (D-13)

[email protected]

State Representative Franklin Foil (R-70)

[email protected]

State Representative A.B. Franklin (D-34)

[email protected]

State Representative Richard Gallot, Jr. (D-11)

[email protected]

State Representative Brett Geymann (R-35)

[email protected]

State Representative Jerry Gisclair (D-54)

[email protected]

State Representative Hunter Greene (R-66)

[email protected]

State Representative Elbert Guillory (D-40)

[email protected]

State Representative Mickey Guillory (D-41)

[email protected]

State Representative John Guinn (R-37)

[email protected]

State Representative Rickey Hardy (D-44)

[email protected]

State Representative Joe Harrison (R-51)

[email protected]

State Representative Lowell Hazel (R-27)

[email protected]

State Representative Reed Henderson (D-103)

[email protected]

State Representative Cameron Henry (R-82)

[email protected]

State Representative Dorothy Hill (D-32)

[email protected]

State Representative Walker Hines (D-95)

[email protected]

State Representative Frank Hoffman (R-15)

[email protected]

State Representative Avon Honey (D-63)

[email protected]

State Representative Frank Howard (R-24)

[email protected]

State Representative Nita Hutter (R-104)

[email protected]

State Representative Girod Jackson III (D-87)

[email protected]

State Representative Michael Jackson (D-61)

[email protected]

State Representative Robert Johnson (D-28)

[email protected]

State Representative Rosalind Jones (D-17)

[email protected]

State Representative Sam Jones (D-50)

[email protected]

State Representative Kay Katz (R-16)

[email protected]

tate Representative Chuck Kleckley (R-36)

[email protected]

State Representative John LaBruzzo (R-81)

[email protected]

State Representative Juan LaFonta (D-96)

[email protected]

State Representative Eddie Lambert (R-59)

[email protected]

State Representative Bernard LeBas (D-38)

[email protected]

State Representative Walt Leger III (D-91)

[email protected]

State Representative Anthony Ligi, Jr. (R-79)

[email protected]

State Representative Samuel Little (R-14)

[email protected]

State Representative Joseph Lopinto III (R-80)

[email protected]

State Representative Nicholas Lorusso (R-94)

[email protected]

State Representative Charmaine Marchand (D-99)

[email protected]

State Representative Thomas McVea (R-62)

[email protected]

State Representative Fred Mills, Jr. (D-46)

[email protected]

State Representative Nickie Monica (R-57)

[email protected]

State Representative Jack Montoucet (D-42)

[email protected]

State Representative Jean-Paul Morrell (D-97)

[email protected]

State Representative James Morris (R-1)

[email protected]

State Representative Barbara Norton (D-3)

[email protected]

State Representative Rickey Nowlin (R-23)

[email protected]

State Representative Kevin Pearson (R-76)

[email protected]

State Representative Jonathan Perry (R-47)

[email protected]

State Representative Karen Carter Peterson (D-93)

[email protected]

State Representative Erich Ponti (R-69)

[email protected]

State Representative Rogers Pope (R-71)

[email protected]

State Representative Stephen Pugh (R-73)

[email protected]

State Representative Jerome Richard (I-55)

[email protected]

State Representative Clifton Richardson (R-65)

[email protected]

State Representative Cedric Richmond (D-101)

[email protected]

State Representative Harold Ritchie (D-75)

[email protected]

State Representative Joel Robideaux (I-45)

[email protected]

State Representative Christopher Roy, Jr. (D-25)

[email protected]

State Representative John Schroder (R-77)

[email protected]

State Representative Scott Simon (R-74)

[email protected]

State Representative M.J. “Mert” Smiley, Jr. (R-88)

[email protected]

State Representative Jane Smith (R-8)

[email protected]

State Representative Gary Smith, Jr. (D-56)

[email protected]

State Representative Patricia Haynes Smith (D-67)

[email protected]

State Representative Karen St. Germain (D-60)

[email protected]

State Representative Kirk Talbot (R-78)

[email protected]

State Representative Ricky Templet (R-85)

[email protected]

State Representative Donald Trahan (R-31)

[email protected]

State Representative Wayne Waddell (R-5)

[email protected]

State Representative Mack “Bodi” White, Jr. (R-64)

[email protected]

State Representative Patrick Williams (D-4)

[email protected]

State Representative Thomas Willmott (R-92)

[email protected]

State Representative Ernest Wooton (R-105)

[email protected]

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