IA, LA,TN & WV Updates

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Gary Slider

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Iowa – (Not Effective until 1/1/2025) The Governor has signed HF 2556 which puts some teeth in their preemption Statute: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2024/724.28.pdf

Louisiana – Effective July 4, 2024 Louisiana has put Restaurant Carry in their statutes. You can read the bill at https://legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1374261

Louisiana – Effective July 4, 2024 Louisiana has put into statute the following. (You need to read the whole bill)
B. An authorized person as defined in this Section shall not be liable for damages for any injury, death, or loss suffered by a perpetrator when the injury, death, or loss is caused by a justified use of force or self-defense through the discharge of the handgun by the authorized person. This provision shall preclude any right of action by the perpetrator, his survivors, or his heirs.
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/ViewDocument.aspx?d=1353168

Tennessee – Effective July 1, 2024 carry or possess pepper spray, pepper gel, mace, a taser, a stun gun, or another similar device for purposes of self-defense when in any public or private school building or bus, on the campus, grounds, recreation area, athletic field, or any other property owned, operated, or while in use by any college or university board of trustees, regents, or directors for the administration of any public or private educational institution. https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1909.pdf

West Virginia - Effective June 3, 2024 West Virginia has put some more teeth into its Preemption Statute. You can read the bill at https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_...doc=hb4782 sub.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=4782
 
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Gary, the entry for Tennessee seems incomplete. What the law says is that (1) "carry or possess pepper spray, pepper gel, mace, a taser, a stun gun, or another similar device for purposes of self-defense" is NOT a violation, and (2) that public and private colleges and universities may NOT prohibit such carry or possession.
 
Gary Slider said:
What I put up is not the whole bill. You need to read it all. That is just the first part of it.
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Understood. But your summary didn't state whether the portion you reproduced specifically allowed such devices, or specifically prohibited them.
 
I see what you mean. What I posted didn't actually state it was legal. You could take it either way or at least I understood it to be legal. Then again I read the whole bill while most just read what I posted. I plead guilty and it is legal, Thank You.
 
As for MN........this was passed in the dead of night in the final hours with nobody able to read the bill.

HF 2609: Ban on Binary Triggers – Straw Purchase Penalty Increase
STATUS: PASSED BOTH HOUSES AS A PART OF 2800+ PAGE OMNIBUS TAX BILL. SEE HF 4257 FOR FINAL LANGUAGE. SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR WALZ.

Triggers banned and straw purchase will be a felony as is possession of binary trigger.

As of January 1, 2025, Minnesota law requires gun owners to destroy, turn in, or move out of state any binary triggers they possess, or face a felony charge and a 20-year sentence for "possession of a machine gun". Binary triggers fire one round when the trigger is pulled and another when it's released, allowing for faster shots.

NOTE: the entire bill may be subject to a Constitutional challenge. The 1,400-page plus omnibus bill that the Minnesota Legislature passed in the closing days of the session is likely unconstitutional. The reason is that it violated the single subject rule of the Minnesota Constitution.

https://www.minnpost.com/community-...n-minnesota-violates-the-single-subject-rule/
 
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