Where Guns Are Barred

• A law enforcement office, station or building, and a detention facility, prison or jail.
• A courthouse or courtroom, and the state capitol building.
• A polling place, and a public building used as the meeting place of a local governing authority.
• A church, synagogue, mosque or similar place of worship, unless the person in charge of it allows it.
• A permitted parade or demonstration, for a person taking part in it, and the permitted area of a place holding a Class A-General retail permit to sell drinks for consumption there.
• Any school, school campus or school bus.

• §La. R.S. 40:1379.3StatuteStatewide permits for concealed handguns; application procedures; definitionsOpens legis.la.gov ↗

Carrying a firearm on school property, at a school function, or within 1,000 feet of a school campus is a crime of up to 5 years at hard labor. The 1,000 foot zone does not reach a gun kept entirely on private property or inside a vehicle, or a person carrying a concealed handgun with a permit or under the permitless rule.

• §La. R.S. 14:95.2StatuteCarrying a firearm or dangerous weapon by a student or nonstudent on school property, at school-sponsored functions, or in a firearm-free zoneOpens legis.la.gov ↗

Possessing a firearm on the premises of a place that sells drinks for consumption there is a separate offense, of up to $500, 6 months, or both. It does not apply to a permit holder or a person carrying lawfully without one in a place holding a Class A-Restaurant permit.

• §La. R.S. 14:95.5StatutePossession of firearm on premises of alcoholic beverage outletOpens legis.la.gov ↗

An owner, lessee or custodian may still bar concealed handguns from private property, and no one carrying may bring a concealed handgun into another person's home without that person's consent.

• §La. R.S. 40:1379.3StatuteStatewide permits for concealed handguns; application procedures; definitionsOpens legis.la.gov ↗