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TODAY S HIGHLIGHT
1968: The first International Special Olympics Summer Games, organised by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, are held in Chicago.
1810: Bogota rises against Spanish rule. The day is now Independence Day in Colombia.
1811: The Rev Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a hero of independence, is executed by firing squad in Chihuahua, Mexico.
1861: Congress of the southern Confederate States convened in Richmond, Virginia, after seceding from the US.
1871: British Columbia enters Confederation as a Canadian province.
1880: The second British invasion of Afghanistan ends; Abdur Rahman proclaims himself the new Afghan ruler.
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Police coalition urges Louisiana lawmakers to accept veto of concealed gun bill
‘We’re going to be ripe for a new category of George Zimmermans,’ sheriff says
File photo. (Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator).
A coalition of law enforcement officers from across Louisiana, including parish sheriffs and chiefs of police, gathered for a news conference Thursday in Baton Rouge where they urged state legislators to accept Gov. John Bel Edwards’ veto of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed gun without a permit or training.
The Louisiana Law Enforcement Coalition, led by Fabian Blanche, the executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of Police, called for the conference following reports that lawmakers are considering holding an unprecedented veto override session for at least two bills Edwards vetoed. One is the so-called “permit-less carry” or “constitutional carry” of a concealed gun, and the other is a bill banning transgender girls and wo