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Louisiana is a "shall issue" state for concealed carry. The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a concealed handgun permit to qualified applicants, after performing an NICS background check and giving the local police 10 days to provide additional information about the applicant.
Additionally, robbery dropped 15% and aggravated assault dropped 1.5%. Handguns remain the leading murder weapon with a rate of 44.7% with firearm (type unknown) following close behind at 35.7%. Together, these two contribute for 80.4% of the murders. Similarly, robberies were committed mostly with firearms in 2018.
The Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) (French: Département de Police de Bâton Rouge) is the primary law enforcement agency in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Baton Rouge is the second most populous city in Louisiana and is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish which is the most populous parish in the state.
This permit often applies to both firearms and other self-defense implements. In many states, no permit at all is needed to carry a non-concealed firearm or other weapon. Other types of licenses can be obtained for collection and exhibition purposes, such as under the National Firearms Act. [4]
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
A Louisiana gas station clerk was shot and killed immediately after handing over all the money in the store’s cash register, police said. The homicide occurred early Monday morning around 2:10 a ...
A 32-year-old Fresno man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2022 robbery and ... He had been last arrested in May 2020 on suspicion of assault with a semi-automatic firearm and for ...
As has been the case for years, Louisiana is still the least affordable state in the nation for personal auto insurance, with drivers paying 40% above the national average for annual premiums.