Louisiana lawmakers exempt themselves from public gun laws - and psychiatric tests

[muriel_volestrangler]

via Charles Pierce:

House agrees to exempt lawmakers from gun limits

A measure that would allow legislators to carry concealed weapons in all public buildings except the Louisiana Capitol is nearing final passage after receiving House approval on Tuesday.

The House voted 79-12 to back the bill by Franklin Sen. Bret Allain, a Republican who argues lawmakers need the privilege because they often face threats of violence.
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The House criminal justice committee sought to also require lawmakers to go through a psychiatric test, but that requirement was removed on the House floor with an amendment from Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Bossier City.

Thompson, who presented the measure on behalf of Allain, said the psychiatric test was unnecessary and with no objection, the language was stripped.

http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/blog/2014/05/28/house-agrees-to-exempt-lawmakers-from-gun-limits/

I reckon they need the tests, and not just for the guns ...

[hobbit709]

1. That's because they know they wouldn't pass it.

[pscot]

2. And a very good thing, too

Pretty embarrassing if an entire legislature were jailed as demented gunfreaks.

[valerief]

3. The inmates are truly running asylum. nt

[GeorgeGist]

4. "... lawmakers need the privilege because they often face threats of violence. "

Was I wrong to when I read that?

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. But notice the one place they can't have their guns is the Capitol

Presumably, they think there's a realistic chance they'll try to shoot each other. Not even a good legislator with a gun can stop a bad legislator with a gun, so get the bad legislators to hang out elsewhere, where only voters will get shot.

[Ghost in the Machine]

6. Will they turn David Vitter down if he shows up in a diaper?? N/T