Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part I - State Police › Chapter 13 - Issuance of Concealed Handgun Permits › Section I-1305 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For the purposes
				of these rules, the following words and phrases shall be defined as:
Addiction
-the habitual use of alcoholic
				  beverages or any controlled dangerous substance as defined in
				  R.S.
				  40:961 and
				  40:964.
Applicant
-a person who has completed and
				  submitted an application to the department seeking a concealed handgun
				  permit.
Application
-the forms and schedules
				  prescribed by the department upon which an applicant seeks a permit or the
				  renewal thereof. Application also includes information, disclosure statements,
				  releases, certificates or any other form required by the department in the
				  application process.
Citizen
-any person legally residing in
				  Louisiana immediately preceding the filing of an application for a concealed
				  handgun permit.
Concealed Handgun-
any handgun as defined in
				  R.S.
				  40:1379.3(J)(3) which is
				  carried on a person in such a manner as to hide or obscure the handgun from
				  plain view.
Department
-Louisiana Department of Public
				  Safety and Corrections, Office of State Police.
Deputy Secretary
-the deputy secretary of the
				  Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections who serves as the
				  superintendent of the Office of State Police.
Fixed-Case Marking Projectile
-any non-lethal
				  simulated ammunition commonly referred to as simunition.
Fugitive from Justice
-a person who flees,
				  evades, or escapes from any jurisdiction to avoid arrest, prosecution, or
				  imprisonment for any criminal offense, which shall include outstanding traffic
				  attachments or warrants, or to avoid giving testimony in any criminal
				  proceeding.
Illegal Alien
-any person without legal
				  authority to enter or remain in the United States and who is not legally
				  residing within the United States or any territory or possession of the United
				  States.
Law Enforcement Officer
-any individual who
				  is authorized by law to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection,
				  investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any person for, any
				  violation of law, and has statutory powers of arrest. For the purposes of this
				  Section, this definition shall apply to the term "peace officer" and "police
				  officer."
Machine Gun
-any firearm which shoots or is
				  designed to shoot more than one round without reloading and by a single
				  function of the trigger.
N.R.A.
-National Rifle Association.
Permit
-the authorization issued by the
				  deputy secretary of the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
				  pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  40:1379.3 and these rules, which shall be
				  valid for five years from the date of issuance for a five-year permittee, or
				  for the lifetime of a permit holder for a lifetime permittee, unless revoked,
				  suspended, or otherwise invalidated, and shall contain a permit number, date of
				  expiration, and the name, address, date of birth, physical description, and
				  photograph of the permittee.
Permittee
-an individual who meets the
				  qualifications as described in
				  R.S.
				  40:1379.3 and these rules and to whom a
				  concealed handgun permit has been issued.
Pistol
-a handgun that has a short barrel and
				  can be held, aimed, and fired with one hand and is capable of only firing a
				  single round each time the trigger is pulled, which includes semi-automatic
				  handguns.
P.O.S.T
-Council on Peace Officer Standards
				  and Training.
Resident
-a person who is legally domiciled
				  in Louisiana.
Revolver
-a pistol that has a rotating
				  cylinder containing a number of firing chambers. The action of the trigger or
				  hammer will line up a chamber with the barrel and firing pin.
Veteran
-any honorably discharged veteran of
				  the Armed Forces of the United States including reserved components of the
				  Armed Forces, the Army National Guard, the U.S. Public Health Service
				  Commissioned Corps, and any other category of persons designated by the
				  president in time of war or emergency.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:1379.1,
				  40:1379.3,
				  40:1381,
				  and
				  40:1382.