The Louisiana legislature passed a bill that would make it a misdemeanor to publicly name people who hold concealed-carry permits for handguns, the Associated Press reported Thursday. The bill heads to Gov. Bobby Jindal’s (R) desk for final passage, and he is expected to sign it into law.
Anyone who publishes or releases the identies of people with permits (or applications for permits) could be fined up to $10,000 and could spend up to six months in jail, according to the text of the bill.
The bill was in response to an online map of gun owners and their addresses that was published by a New York newspaper after the Newtown shooting, bill sponsor Rep. Jeff Thompson (R) told the AP.