"I live in a rural district and my people like raffles and they like guns." McCormick carried his concealed carry expansion bill ... a form of concealed carry, including all of Louisiana's neighbors.

Louisiana's law-abiding adults soon will be able to legally carry concealed handguns without permits or training after the Legislature gave final passage to a bill that will expand gun rights in ...

Duplessis cited a letter from the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police, which opposes the bill. The letter says permits are a “clear mechanism for tracking and regulating concealed firearms ...

Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, voted no. “This bill is about making Louisiana a safer place since criminals already carry concealed firearms without regard for the law,” Miguez said.