SECTIONS:Defender PicksLundiMay 20thCafe Instanbul (7:00 PM) A Japanese film about a teenager’s strange venture into a haunted house
Hi-Ho Lounge (8:00 PM) King James & the Special Men Charmaine Neville Band New Orleans Jazz Vipers
Johnny Sketch and the Dirty Notes
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center (7:30PM) Julianne Moore, Steve Coogan, and Alexander Skargard star in the film, an adaptation of Henry James' novella of the same name
Hollygrove’s Party in the Garden 8301 Olive Street (6:00 PM) Honey Island Swamp Band Trio with Alvin Youngblood Hart will play at the fourth annual celebration of the farmer’s market, with proceeds to go to kid’s farm education programs
MardiMay 21stRosa Keller Library (5:00-9:00 PM) My House NOLA presents a rolling food vendor mini festival
The Antenna Gallery (7:00 PM) A series of music-themed movies and documentaries, curated and hosted by DJ Soul Sister, and co-presented by Charitable Film Network, Press Street, and WWOZ
Birdfoot Backstage with WWNO 89.9 FM Jewish Community Center (7:30 PM) The second evening of a chamber music festival that has something for classical aficionados and dilettantes alike
Pure X Circle Bar (10:00 PM) Catch the Indie rockers on their North American tour |
La. loaded with support for stricter Second Amendment by William Dilella The second Amendment on the November 6 ballot was appropriately about the Right for Citizens to keep and bear arms. That may have been one of the easiest sells in the 2012 election, with a staggering 74-percent of voters turning out a yes (a total of 1,333,269 voters from 64 parishes, against 481,733 no's).
Sen. Neil Riser (R-District 32) has said the new phrasing will hold laws to a higher standard. The number one change would require “strict scrutiny” before enacting any law to limit the right to bear arms—or in plain speak—protecting the right of each citizen first and requiring a, “compelling government interest, being narrowly defined to achieve that intent.” In other words, if legislators want to enact a new gun law, they should start lawyering up.
Riser said this will make Louisiana’s protection of the Second Amendment second to none.
Concerns that a change favoring gun owners rights did not seem to deter voters in the least. In fact of all parishes in the state, only Orleans had more more no-votes cast—barely—with 67,794 yes and 70,182 no (49-percent to 51-percent).
All laws pertaining to or restricting gun possession, transfer or anything of the like will remain in effect. The amendment will ensure only that new laws will be held to the higher standard Riser referred to. |
Contributors:Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Ryan Sparks, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner Staff WritersRyan Sparks, Kerem Ozkan Listings Elisabeth Morgan Puzzler Paolo Roy Art Director: Michael Weber, B.A. Assistant Managing EditorMary-Devon Dupuy Managing EditorStephen Babcock Editor: B. E. Mintz Published Daily byMinced Media, Inc. |
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