New Louisiana law protecting gun owners outrages 1st amend supporters.

[powderman]

New Louisiana law related to gun  owners outrages First Amendment advocatesPublished  June 28, 2013FoxNews.com

• June 13, 2013: Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal speaks during a news  conference near the Williams Olefins chemical plant in St. Gabriel,  Louisiana. (REUTERS) 

A new Louisiana press law related to gun owners has created outrage among  journalists and First Amendment advocates around the country.
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill last week penalizing those who  publish the names of individuals who own or have applied for a concealed handgun  permit with potential jail sentences of six months and fines of $10,000.
An identity may only be released if a concealed handgun carrier is charged  with a felony offense involving the use of a firearm.
Editor Peter Kovacs of Baton Rogue’s The Advocate said that while he  doesn’t see his pape publishing a list like the New York paper The Journal  News did, there is no place for such legislation.
“I think it is a bad law,” Kovacs told FoxNews.com.; “It is probably  unconstitutional and follows a non-existent problem in Louisiana.”
The law raises the constitutional question of prior restraint, meaning when  the government prohibits speech or other expression before it can take  place.
The legislation comes six months after The Journal News, a Lower  Hudson Valley newspaper published a map with the names and addresses of all  licensed pistol permit holders from Westchester and Rockland counties in wake of  the school shootings in Newtown, Conn.
Gun rights activists were outraged by the map, claiming it violated the  privacy rights of permit owners and put them at a greater risk of violent crime,  while law enforcement agencies said it could lead ex-convicts to the homes of  officers who had them locked up.
The public disapproval quickly forced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to pass  regulations in January allowing gun permit holders to take their names off the  public records.;
The Louisiana law’s sponsor, Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City, said the  bill was passed largely in response to The Journal News’ controversial  map.; Jindal also defended the law in a statement last week.
“In the face of an administration in Washington that wants to take away the  rights of law-abiding gun owners, we are standing up for the Second Amendment  and the Constitution of the United States here in Louisiana,” Jindal said in a  statement supporting the law.
“We are building on the work we’ve done to protect the rights of Louisianians  while also implementing common-sense gun safety measures,” he added.
According to Stateline, Maine,  Arkansas, Virginia, and Mississippi have all joined New York in passing laws  addressing concealed weapons permits to condemn The Journal  News and other outlets seeking similar information.

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[dwalk]

i wonder about the sanity of some of the legislators...what part of "Shall not be infringed" do they not understand? 

[powderman]

I wonder if these morons, liberal democrats, would post a list of NON gun owners if they had one?? Kinda give the criminal a gun free zone. POWDERMAN. 

[magooch]

Well good for Louisiana and Governor Jindal.  With certain rights, there are responsibilities and in the case of the rights granted to the news media, they should be held responsible for what they choose to disclose.  What possible public good is there in publishing names and addresses of gun owners.  It's only useful for gun thieves, so to me that would be the publisher aiding and abetting.

[BBF]

In the meantime several blue States have passed or are contemplating to add new taxes on firearms, ammo and increasing the cost of whatever licencing is required in that State.

[Brett]

Does the 1st amendment mean that it is a-okay to publish an individuals bank records, tax returns, medical history, etc? 

Lets publish the names and addresses of all the anti-2a publishers, reporters and journalists and give them a taste of their own medicine. 

Of course a better approach to the problem would be to pass a law making all firearm ownership records private like your medical history or bank records and not a public record like they are now in a lot of states.
 

[Oldshooter]

A little research might could tell which media persons don't carry or own firearms, and their salaries and just publish their names and addresses. Especially in Harlem and the south side of Chicago, E st Louis, and the fifth ward in Houston, Or the ghettos of Baton rouge and N.O. Reckon that might make them see the 1st amendment differently.
 
 
Poor Bobby jindle, he "has a face for radio" don't he? A political brain and a face for radio!