It is unlawful to possess a firearm on a school campus during regular school hours or on a school bus.
It is also unlawful to possess a firearm on one’s person: on school property, at a school sponsored function, in a firearm-free zone, on a school campus, or on school transportation, or within 1000 feet of a school campus.
These prohibitions do not apply to: the possession of a firearm occurring within 1,000 feet of school property and entirely on private property, entirely within a private residence, or in accordance with a concealed handgun permit; or any constitutionally protected activity which cannot be regulated by the state, such as a firearm contained entirely within a motor vehicle.
National Firearms Act Firearms
State law governs a special category of firearms that is roughly similar to the category also governed by the National Firearms Act.Such items include: shotguns with barrels of less than 18 inches; rifles with barrels of less than 16 inches, any weapon made from either a rifle or shotgun if the overall length is less than twenty-six inches; machine guns, silencers, and certain specifically described weapons.
No person shall possess or transfer such an item without the prior approval of the Department of Public Safety.
Every person possessing such an item shall register with the Department of Public Safety. State law does not require the registration of items which are unserviceable and are transferred as a curiosity or ornament.
Antiques And Replicas
Louisiana statutes are silent on antique and replica firearms. They are treated as ordinary firearms for possession, sale, and carrying purposes.
Miscellaneous
It is unlawful to possess a firearm while on the premises of an alcoholic beverage outlet, which is defined as any commercial establishment in which alcoholic beverages are sold in individual servings for consumption on the premises.The governing authority of any political subdivision or local or other governmental authority of the state is preempted from bringing suit to recover against any firearms or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or dealer for damages for injury, death, or loss or to seek other injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the lawful design, manufacture, marketing, or sale of firearms or ammunition. The authority to bring such actions as may be authorized by law shall be reserved exclusively to the state.
It is unlawful to obliterate, remove, change, or alter numbers or marks of identification on any firearm.
No person shall intentionally receive, possess, carry, conceal, buy, sell, or transport any firearm which has been illegally obtained or from which the serial number or mark of identification has been obliterated.
This shall not apply to any firearm which is an antique or war relic and is inoperable or for which ammunition is no longer manufactured in the U.S. and is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade, or which was originally manufactured without such a number.
No governing authority of a political subdivision shall enact after July 15, 1985 any ordinance or regulation more restrictive than state law concerning in any way the sale, purchase, possession, ownership, transfer, transportation, license, use, or registration of firearms, ammunition, or components of firearms or ammunition.
No person shall import, manufacture, sell, purchase, possess, or transfer, any bullet that has a steel inner core or core of equivalent density and hardness, truncated cone, and is designed for use in a handgun as a body armor or metal piercing bullet, or which has been primarily manufactured or designed by nature of its shape, cross-sectional density, or any coating applied thereto, to breach or penetrate body armor when fired from a handgun.
Source: National Rifle Association of America, Institute for Legislative Action
