Folks come to New Orleans mostly to have a good time. We like that down here... having a good time and folks come to join in on the good times. Folks from all over bring all kindsa good stuff to our good times down here. Cheers!
Tho' I gotta say, there's something that I hope people don't bring to our good times down here. I really hope that people don't bring their concealed weapons to New Orleans when they come for a visit.
We got enough problems without folks compounding 'em further, thanks all the same.
So, when I read in the Times-Picayune that yet another of our local disgraces is up to no good, I'm hoping that the NRA's pal, David Vitter, doesn't get enough traction to see his latest dirty diaper through the legislative process.
Just saying, and all.
When Sens. David Vitter, R-La., and John Thune, R-S.D, crafted legislation to enable gun owners to carry concealed weapons from state to state, they named it the "Respecting States' Rights and Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act." But in the view of the Brady Campaign to End Gun Violence, it would be better named the "Armed Vigilante Act," pointing to the recent case in which armed neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman fatally shot teenager Trayvon Martin during a confrontation...
Judiciary Committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., picked up on the Zimmerman theme in an April 17 letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, R-Nev., and Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who chairs the Judiciary Committee, asking that this "dangerous" legislation never see the light of day in the Senate..."these dangerous bills," referring to the Vitter-Thune legislation and a similar bill submitted by Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, "which are opposed by leading law enforcement organizations, would undermine state's rights by forcing nearly every state to accept the concealed-carry permits issued by other states, even if the permit holder could not qualify for a permit in the state to which he is traveling."
But the National Rifle Association said it will not let Feinstein stand in the way of enactment of the legislation...
Cheers...