David Duprey
When the clock ran out on Louisiana’s 2021 legislative session last week, it looked like gun owners were going to end up frustrated. Constitutional carry legislation had cleared both the House and Senate with wide majorities, but Gov. John Bel Edwards vetoed the bill, and the odds of lawmakers coming back for an attempt to override the veto weren’t good.
If Constitutional Carry were the only piece of legislation vetoed by Edwards despite widespread support from the Republicans who control the House and Senate had passed (and even a few of their Democratic colleagues), it’s likely that the lawmakers would be spending their summer back home in their districts. Unfortunately for Edwards (and fortunately for gun owners), there’s at least one other veto that has the GOP increasingly likely to fight for an override.