Louisiana Bill Would Ban Enforcement of Federal Gun Control: Past, Present and Future BATON ROUGE, La. (April 13, 2021) – A bill filed in the Louisiana House would prohibit state and local enforcement of federal gun control; past, present and future. Passage into law would represent a major step toward ending federal acts that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms within the state. Rep. Larry Frieman (R-Abita Springs) filed House Bill 118 (HB118) on March 15. Titled the “Louisiana Firearm Protection Act,” the legislation would end state enforcement of any federal gun control that isn’t covered by state law. The proposed law would prohibit the state, its agencies and its political subdivision from “adopting a rule, order, ordinance, or policy under which the entity explicitly or through consistent overt action enforces a federal statute, order, rule, or regulation enacted that purports to regulate a firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition if the statute, order, rule, or regulation imposes a prohibition, restriction, or other regulation that does not exist under the laws of the state of Louisiana.”