Is firearms legal in Louisiana?

Q: Is firearms legal in Louisiana?

Firearms in Louisiana is permitted. Louisiana has been a permitless-carry state (also called constitutional carry) since July 4, 2024: anyone 18 and older who can lawfully possess may carry concealed without a permit. Optional permits are available at 21 and older.

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Permitted: Louisiana has been a permitless-carry state (also called constitutional carry) since July 4, 2024: anyone 18 and older who can lawfully possess may carry concealed without a permit.

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Louisiana has been a permitless-carry state (also called constitutional carry) since July 4, 2024: anyone 18 and older who can lawfully possess may carry concealed without a permit. Optional permits are available at 21 and older.

Source: https://lsp.org/services/concealed-handgun-information/ · Updated July 2, 2026

Louisiana Firearms topics

Concealed Carry in Louisiana →Permitted
Louisiana has been a permitless-carry state (also called constitutional carry) since July 4, 2024: anyone 18 and older who can lawfully possess may carry concealed without a permit.
Open Carry in Louisiana →Permitted
Open carry of a handgun is legal in Louisiana without a permit for anyone 18 or older who can lawfully possess one.
Magazine Capacity in Louisiana →Permitted
No state law limits magazine capacity in Louisiana — standard-capacity and high-capacity magazines are legal to buy and possess under state law.
Gun Possession in Louisiana →Permitted
Louisiana has no red-flag law (also called an Extreme Risk Protection Order, or ERPO), and no assault-weapon ban or restriction on magazines.
Transporting Firearms in Louisiana →Permitted
Louisiana doesn't require a permit: anyone 18 or older who can lawfully possess a handgun may carry it in a private vehicle, loaded, openly or concealed.
Duty to Inform Police in Louisiana →Conditional
Louisiana has a proactive duty to inform: La. R.S. 40:1379.3(I)(2) requires a permittee — and, since permitless carry took effect July 4, 2024, any person carrying under R.S. 14:95(M) — to notify any officer who approaches in an official manner that they have a weapon, to submit to a pat-down, and to allow temporary disarmament.
Suppressors & Silencers in Louisiana →Conditional
Suppressors are legal in Louisiana as long as you hold the required federal ATF tax stamp — no Louisiana statute bans civilian ownership.
Reciprocity — where is my Louisiana permit honored? →
State-by-state map of which states honor a Louisiana concealed-carry permit.

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