Gov Edwards opposes bill to do away with concealed carry permit
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Gov. John Bel Edwards
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Gov. John Bel Edwards indicated Thursday that he will use his veto pen to strike down a bill that would remove the requirement that gun owners have a permit to carry concealed firearms, if the proposal reaches his desk.
The Democratic governor defended the current permitting process as appropriate to require several hours of training on safety and marksmanship and to provide gun owners with information about how they should interact with police if they carry a concealed weapon.
A 54-year-old New Berlin man accused of threatening a state senator with a gun must undergo a mental-health evaluation and won’t be allowed to travel throughout the United States after a Sangamon County judge’s ruling Friday.
Circuit Judge Ryan Cadagin modified several conditions of Michael L. Hoyle’s release that originally were imposed after Hoyle posted $15,000 bail on March 16. Hoyle allegedly threatened state Sen. Elgie Sims, D-Chicago, with a loaded handgun while the two were driving cars on Lawrence Avenue and Chatham Road in Springfield on March 15.
Sims, 50, attended the hearing Friday accompanied by about 20 Democratic senators and Senate staffers, including Senate President Don Harmon of Oak Park, Sens. Robert Peters, Mike Simmons and Sara Feigenholtz, both of Chicago, and Sen. Julie Morrison of Lake Forest. They gave Sims pats on the back and hugs before and afterward.
April 23, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement
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Show Transcript MY DAUGHTER’S GETTING A BAPTIZED NEXT WEEKEND. AND SO I WANTED TO GET A NICE SPECIAL FOR HER BAPTISM AS SCOTT. TIFF WAS TRYING ON A SUIT IN VON MAUR SATURDAY. HIS WATCHED A SHOP. HE NOTICED COMMOTION AND SAW PEOPLE RUNNING ONE MAN MADE EYE CONTACT WITH HIM. I LOOKED IN HIS EYES AND HE YELLED. SHOOTER SCOTT TOOK OFF UPSTAIRS TO FIND HIS FAMILY AS HE DID. HE GRABBED HIS GUN. HIS WIFE TOLD HIM. SHE HEARD GUNFIRE. EVERY INDICATION SAID OUR LIVES WERE IN DANGER AND I WAS GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I COULD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT OUT OF THERE. OKAY. HE’S A LEGAL CONCEALED CARRY PERMI