By: Piper Hutchinson | Louisiana Illuminator
A Louisiana state representative has withdrawn his bill to allow guns on college campuses, killing the proposal for the year.
House Bill 99 by Rep. Danny McCormick, R-Oil City, would have allowed anyone 18 or older to carry a firearm on public or private college and university campuses.
McCormick said he withdrew his bill because the college students who asked him to file it told him they would be unable to testify in support of it. McCormick said he would be open to filing it again next year if a student will come to the Capitol to speak in favor of the proposal.
Several pro-gun bills McCormick has filed in the past have failed to garner support, including a measure to allow certain teachers to carry firearms in K-12 schools. Lawmakers approved a law Sen. Blake Miguez, R-New Iberia, sponsored in 2024 to legalize concealed carrying of guns without a permit, a proposal that McCormick backed but whose own version faltered.
In addition to his campus proposal, McCormick has also sponsored a bill this session that would prohibit any entity from taking a firearm away from a “law-abiding citizen” without due process. House Bill 94 would counter any potential “red-flag laws” that have been approved in some states, but not Louisiana, to seize guns from persons deemed to be a risk to themselves or others.