Louisiana Set to Criminalize Publishing That Someone Has a
Concealed Carry Permit  The bill is HB8, though there’s a Senate
amendment; apparently, the Legislature plans to enact the bill
as amended. The bill bars the government from releasing
information about who has applied for or gotten a concealed
carry permit, and the Legislature certainly can impose such
restrictions on the government itself. But then it also
criminalizes speech by everyone else (I merge the House Bill and
the adopted Senate amendment):  Absent a valid court order
requiring the release of information or unless a recipient of a
concealed handgun permit is charged with a felony offense
involving the use of a handgun, it shall be [a misdemeanor] … to
release, disseminate, or make public in any manner any
information contained in an application for a concealed handgun
permit or any information regarding the identity of any person
who applied for or received a concealed handgun permit issued
pursuant to this Section.  So blogging that you ha