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HB 53 Original 2023 Regular Session McCormick
Abstract: Exempts certain persons from the crime of illegal carrying of weapons.
Present law (R.S. 14:95) prohibits the carrying of a concealed firearm, provides for criminal
penalties, and provides for certain exceptions to the offense.
Proposed law amends present law to create an exception to this prohibition for a person who is 18
years of age or older and who is not prohibited from possessing a firearm under any federal or state
law.
Present law (R.S. 14:95(M)(3)) exempts active, reserve, or honorably discharged former members
of the United States Armed Forces, the Louisiana National Guard, or the Louisiana Air National
Guard from the crime of illegal carrying of weapons so long as that individual has the proper driver's
license or identification card on his person.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S. 14:95(M)(1) and (2); Repeals R.S. 14:95(M)(3))