So, Louisiana passed in May 2014 and Governor Jindal signed a law allowing people to pack whatever weapons they want into a bar.
Now, in New Orleans, home to one of drinkingist cultures there is and absolutely a great city to be a tourist in for a long weekend because of the foodies and drinking culture, does not need encouragement for violence.
New Orleans already has a high culture of gun violence, just not in the bars with tourists previously. And Louisiana has the highest rates of death by gun per capita in the country. You would think keeping guns out of places with tourists would be good idea.
But not Governor Jindal. In his own words: "The gun laws I have signed are celebrating our heritage as a Sportsman's Paradise and American values."
Why is the ultimate American value the right to carry a gun wherever one pleases? I thought the ultimate American values was Freedom of Speech, Religion, and Economic Opportunity. Not the right to be shot by some drunk at 2:00 a.m. in tourist bar.
What brings this tirade to print here is at 2:45 a.m. one recent morning, 2 of Louisiana's fine sportsman got into a disagreement at a bar on Bourbon Street while both were packing heat. They get into a gun fight with each other, manage not to hit each other and send a shower of bullets in all directions. Unlike most cities, Bourbon Street in New Orleans is well populated at 2:45 a.m.
9 tourists were shot, 2 are in critical condition and the Lt. Governor says he doesn't think one isolated incident will keep tourists away. Well wait until it happens again and again and again. Eventually, tourists will decide it is safer in SF or NYC or Chicago.
The NRA is insane, hunters rights are hardly being infringed upon if automatic weapons are prohibited, background checks are conducted and people are not allowed to carry and conceal anywhere. If am having a fun time on Bourbon Street, I don't want to be worried that some drunk is going to start blasting away for whatever reason strikes him.
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