Felons might be allowed to have guns in Louisiana

St. Chris said
Both of these comments are incorrect to some extent. A convicted felon in Louisiana can possess a firearm if the felony is not listed in the statute regarding felon in possession of a firearm. (See statute below) It is not necessary to get a pardon. If you are on probation or parole, regardless of the felony, it would violate the probation or parole, but it is not a new crime. This is not just since the amendment was passed. It has been like that for several years. (At least since 1998 because I have that criminal code in front of me right now).

Also, if anyone is interested, if you look at paragraph D of the statute, an air rifle would never be prohibited under the statue because it does not fire the projectile with an explosive, but through compressed air.

And for the record, I am a Lousiana attorney and 99% of my practice is criminal defense.

Yeah, I'm not up on the criminal code or the precise laws on felons having possession of fire arms and you clearly know it better than me. But, I guess the only point I was trying to make is that the Constitutional Amendment that was recently passed, at least in the eyes of one Judge, makes those laws unconstitutional. I wasn't really speaking to the veracity of his statement of what LA law was, but I didn't bother to check to see if he was right. Anyway, thanks for the correct information. All I know about criminal law is what I learned in law school and that was too long ago for me to want to think about.