For years, Oil City Representative Danny McCormick sponsored a bill that would allow non-felon adults to carry a gun without a permit. “Constitutional carry,” as many conservatives call it, became legal in Louisiana in 2024. For the upcoming session, McCormick has filed a bill that would allow teachers, students and the public to constitutional carry on college campuses.
“Just extending the gun right onto college campuses that actually gets state funding. Any private colleges that don’t get state funding won’t be included in there,” McCormick said.
McCormick says a group of college students encouraged him to file this legislation.
“Being the Second Amendment champion that I am, I don’t see why the right to self-defense is done away with when you come to a college campus. And that’s why I filed the bill this year,” McCormick explained.
Similar legislation has failed to receive legislative approval in previous years. University officials have expressed concerns about allowing students to possess guns on campus. But McCormick says a student should have the ability defend themselves in an active shooter situation
“If you’re 18, you’re able to die for your country. You ought to be able to defend yourself against murderers and rapists, even if it’s on a college campus,” McCormick noted.