Source: https://everytown.org/press/louisiana-moms-demand-action-everytown-reaction-to-governor-jindal-calling-for-other-states-to-strengthen-gun-laws/
Timestamp: 2019-04-18 20:21:29+00:00

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As of July 20, 2015, there were 186 for-sale gun ads posted to Armslist.com by unlicensed sellers in Louisiana, all available for purchase with no background check required.
On July 10, 2015, the FBI said the Charleston, SC shooter at the AME church was able to purchase the gun he used in the shooting because this “default proceed” period had elapsed—and the dealer made the sale even though the background check was not complete.
Louisiana has enacted two positive domestic violence laws in the last two years. But loopholes in these laws continue to put women at risk.
Because of the private sale loophole, domestic abusers can continue to arm themselves in private sales without a background check.
Louisiana does not require that domestic abusers turn in their guns when they become prohibited. 2014 HB 753 bars domestic abusers from firearm possession or purchase 1) for a period of 10 years, if they are convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, or 2) if they are currently subject to a final restraining order. However, Louisiana law does not require that abusers turn in the guns they already own when they become prohibited from having them—meaning that they may be able to go home from court and access the guns they already own to do further harm. Sixteen states require domestic abusers to turn in their guns after either a conviction or a final restraining order.
Louisiana law fails to protect women from abusive boyfriends. 2015 HB 842 expands the class of victims covered by its domestic violence protections to include a broader set of family members and former cohabitants. However, Louisiana law generally does not protect victims who are not married to their abusers, even though in 2012 more intimate partner homicides were perpetrated by abusive boyfriends than by abusive spouses.
2013 HB 717 requires state courts to report mental health records to the background check system for individuals who are prohibited under law from having guns—meaning that those prohibited people will not be able to pass a background check. The state also applied for and obtained federal grant funding to improve its record submission ($1,128,631 in 2013 and $1,165,559 in 2014).
HOWEVER, the latest data obtained by Everytown from the FBI (December 31, 2014) indicates the state is still performing poorly in mental health record submission—having submitted only 908 records total (equal to only 2 percent the amount of records as the high-performing states, after controlling for population).
Louisiana is one of two states that issues handgun permits that last for the lifetime of the holder.[vii] A holder of a lifetime permit must complete firearms training every five years, but the lack of a renewal process takes away an opportunity for the state to discover that a person with an active permit to carry hidden, loaded weapons, has subsequently committed a violent crime and thus become prohibited from possessing guns.
[i] See http://everytownresearch.org/infographic-background-checks-save-lives/ [ii] See http://everytownresearch.org/infographic-background-checks-save-lives/ [iii] http://1.usa.gov/1S7Yl96 [iv] 18 U.S.C. § 922(t). [v] http://bit.ly/1Hj5glm [vi] California: Cal. Pen. Code § 28220(f); Colorado: C.R.S. § 24-33.5-424(3)(b); Connecticut: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-36g(a), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 39-37q, Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-28a; District of Columbia: D.C. Code § 7-2502.07(b); Hawaii: H.R.S. § 134-2(e); Illinois: 430 ILCS § 65/5; Maryland: Md. Public Safety Code Ann. § 5-117.1(h); Massachusetts: ALM GL ch. 140, §§ 129B, 131; Minnesota: Minn. Stat. § 624.7132 subd. 4; New Jersey: N.J. Stat. § 2C:58-3(f); New York: N.Y. Penal Law § 400.00(4-a); North Carolina: N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-404(f); Rhode Island: R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 11-47-35(a)(1), 35.2(a); Tennessee: Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-1316(o); Utah: Utah Code Ann. § 76-10-526(5); Washington: Rev. Code Wash. (ARCW) § 9.41.092. [vii] La. R.S. 40:1379.3(V) [viii] Louisiana Acts 2006, Act No. 141. [ix] C. Cheng and M. Hoekstra, “Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Castle Doctrine,” Texas A&M Department of Economics, 29 May 2012, available at http://econweb.tamu.edu/mhoekstra/castle_doctrine.pdf [x] Mayors Against Illegal Guns, Shoot First: Stand Your Ground Laws and Their Effect on Violent Crime and the Criminal Justice System (Sep 2013). [xi] C. Cheng and M. Hoekstra, “Does Strengthening Self-Defense Law Deter Crime or Escalate Violence? Evidence from Castle Doctrine,” Texas A&M Department of Economics, 29 May 2012, available at http://econweb.tamu.edu/mhoekstra/castle_doctrine.pdf [xii] 2012 La. Acts, No. 874; State v. Taylor, 24th Judicial Dist. Ct. for Parish of Jefferson (2014). [xiii] Louisiana Acts 2013, Act No. 398.

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