Bobby Jindal - American Treasure

Gov. Bobby Jindal vetoes bill to ban guns near parade routes

Proponents said bill would stop a recurrence  of this. “ BATON ROUGE -- At the request of the National Rifle Association, Gov. Bobby Jindal has vetoed a bill that would have made it a crime to illegally carry firearms within 1,000 feet of a sanctioned parade or demonstration. "The National Rifle Association and others have requested (a) veto of this bill in part because it does not exempt firearm carriers with a valid (state-issued) permit . . . or unintentional violators, " Jindal said in his veto message. He said he has already signed into law a bill making it a crime to recklessly discharge a firearm within 1,000 feet of a parade or other public gathering. ” Of course we all know what politicians are afraid of.  But Jindal was absolutely right to slap down yet another attempt to strip people of  rights with ill considered notions of preventing the unpreventable.  One can imagine Lee Oswald calling Carlos Marcello and saying, "sorry boss, but they banned guns on the parade route."  Can't one?