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I travel to Baton Rouge a lot to watch football and know TX CHL is valid but have not been able to find clear information on their laws. Recently there was a clarification on restaurant concealed carry but I haven't been able to find it and when it is valid,

Find the laws in any state you want right here: http://www.handgunlaw.us/

http://www.lsp.org/handguns.html

http://www.lsp.org/pdf/chRuleBook.pdf

I traveled thru 14 states this summer and picked up the APP below before leavng.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ccw-con ... 21291?mt=8

I found it to be really helpful with some CCW basics for all the states I went through. I double checked with the Handgunlaw.US web site, and always found the APP to be accurate.

Supposedly you can open carry in Louisiana but with their police I probably wouldn't attempt it.

I lived in the new orleans area from 2004 to 2012 and I went through the whole hurricane katrina thing.... anyway... I extremely dont recommend OC'ing anywheres near New orleans even though the law says you can. Ive seen many cases where the new orleans cops take your gun and wont give it back unless you can show them the receipt back at the evidence room. I can say a lot more but I will leave it at that. maybe in small rural towns you might be ok.

First place I OC'd after Katrina. Even on the northshore, nobody seems to notice. OC'd a Springfield 1911 while buying beer my first week of carrying, in a bad neighborhood in Baton Rouge (Gardere! Woot!). Not a glimpse from anyone including the clerk. In fact, LA provided my litmus test to wife, M-I-L and others that nobody will notice an OC the vast majority of the time.

OCd in Hammond, Slidell, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, etc., but never in Orleans/Jeff Parish (because whenever I was there, it was for purposes that would render me unsafe to carry :) )

Are you worried about a specific venue? I think LA follows the same general principle as anywhere else in the south: State Police won't bother, but East Landry Parish Associate Deputies may try to mess with you. Or places where it's primarily tourists and crackheads (ie, Canal Street is somewhere I'd NEVER OC. That's actually go for most of the CBD and New Orleans, just too much trash around that will make a grab attempt.)