Louisiana Senate to vote on bill raising age to buy some guns to 21

By Chris Eger

Sponsored by state Sen. Troy Carter, seen at the mic, SB 274 would put a broad class of guns off-limits to a segment of adults under age 21. (Photo: Sen. Carter, Facebook)
A measure advanced out of committee this week would put many popular semi-auto firearms out of the reach of those 18-to-20 in Louisiana.
The bill, SB 274, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday and heads to the chamber’s floor for a vote as early as this week. Sponsored by state Sen. Troy Carter, it would put many guns off-limits to a segment of adults in the state based on age. Carter said he is a gun enthusiast and that his bill doesn’t take away anyone’s gun rights. What it does, he contends, is take away “assault rifles” from those under age 21.
“The type of rifle that was used in the killing most recently in Florida,” said Carter, a New Orleans Democrat. “The type of rifle that was used at Las Vegas, where you have these AR-15s, AR-16s, UZIs and AK47s, those weapons of mass destruction.”
However, the bill’s language as proposed is fairly sweeping as to what it classifies as an “assault weapon” to include any pistol or

Source: Guns.com