re: 1 dead, 11 others shot in mass shooting outside of the Republic in Nola Warehouse District

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I don’t know much about the law. Can police just ask anyone without any other reason? I assume wouldn’t arrest or take away gun if no other crimes are being committed?

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Well, this is how its written:

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(2) A permittee armed with a handgun in accordance with this Section or a person carrying a weapon pursuant to R.S. 14:95(M) shall notify any police officer who approaches the permittee in an official manner or with an identified official purpose that he has a weapon on his person, submit to a pat down, and allow the officer to temporarily disarm him.

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I'm no attorney, so I suppose it depends on how "identified official purpose" is defined by the law. But everyone knows that cops can really come up with any reason at any time to stop and question a citizen.