LA, NM and SD Updates

[Gary Slider]

Louisiana - Not Effective until July 4, 2024 the Governor has signed SB 1 making Louisiana the 28th State to have Permitless Carry. Louisiana did have limited Permitless Carry for Active/Retired Military who were residents of Louisiana only. This bill also lowers the age to 18 to carry under permitless carry. Louisiana didn’t change the age for applying for a Louisiana Permit keeping it at 21. Handgunlaw.us believes they did this so that they would not lose reciprocity with some other states. They may in the future offer a provisional permit to those 18 to 20 like other states have done but we have heard nothing along those lines.
https://www.legis.la.gov/Legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1348797

New Mexico – Effective on or about June 3, 2024 the Governor has signed SB 5 which bans the carrying of firearms within 100 foot of a polling/voting place or drop box. Carry Concealed is exempt which requires a permit in New Mexico so it looks like only open carry with or without a permit is what is banned.
https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24 Regular/final/SB0005.pdf

South Dakota – Effective on or about June 10, 2024 The Governor has signed HB 1035 and SB 39. 1035 expands the time period when an enhanced permit can be renewed. SB 39 forbids HOAs from banning firearms and ammunition. Loading... | South Dakota Legislature
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[Sevens]

Gary, thank you so much for your tireless work.

It shocks me that it requires state legislation to tell an HOA to go and P.U.A.Rope. State preemption should be a blanket coverage for such stupidity.

 

[biku324]

NM has had some ugliness near polling places - that and the Bruen decision led to the new law.

From Bruen:

Although the historical record yields relatively few 18th- and 19th-century “sensitive places” where weapons were altogether prohibited—e.g., legislative assemblies, polling places, and courthouses—we are also aware of no disputes regarding the lawfulness of such prohibitions. See D. Kopel & J. Greenlee, The “Sensitive Places” Doctrine, 13 Charleston L. Rev. 205, 229–236, 244–247 (2018); see also Brief for Independent Institute as Amicus Curiae 11–17. We therefore can assume it settled that these locations were “sensitive places” where arms carrying could be prohibited consistent with the Second Amendment.