New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board officials won a narrow victory Thursday in their attempt to ban firearms and explosive devices from their plants and other facilities. The Senate Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs voted 3 2 for Senate Bill 526 by Sen. Edwin Murray, D New Orleans, which would give the board an exception to the state law that allows firearms to be carried onto a plant site as long as they are locked safely in a vehicle.
Read Original at: The Times Picayune (New Orleans, La.)