RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 58 (SB 132) 2024 Regular Session Miller
Existing law defines and provides relative to the crime of illegal carrying of a firearm at a
parade.
Existing law provides that whoever commits the crime of illegal carrying of a firearm at a
parade with a firearm used in the commission of a crime of violence within 1,000 feet of any
parade or demonstration for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity will be fined
up to $2,000 or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for at least one year but not more
than five years, or both.
New law requires that up to the first three years of any sentence of imprisonment will be
served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence, and otherwise retains
existing law.
Existing law defines reckless discharge of a firearm at a parade or demonstration as the
reckless or criminally negligent discharge of a firearm within 1,000 feet of any parade,
demonstration, or gathering for which a permit is issued by a governmental entity.
New law retains existing law.
Existing law provides an exception for possession of a firearm within 1,000 feet of a public
gathering but entirely within a private residence, or in accordance with a concealed handgun
permit issued pursuant to existing law relative to a special officer's commission from state
police.
New law retains existing law and adds an exception for a concealed handgun permit issued
pursuant to existing law relative to the issuance of concealed handgun permits generally.
Effective August 1, 2024.
(Amends R.S. 14:95.2.1(A) and 95.2.2(C)(2))