BILL OF RIGHTS
Art. 8. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be abridged. This shall not prevent the passage of laws to punish those who carry weapons concealed.
MILITIA.
Art. 298. The General Assembly shall have authority to provide by law how the militia of this State shall be organized,officered, trained, armed and equipped, and of whom it shall consist.
Art. 299. The officers and men of the militia and volunteer forces shall receive no pay, rations or emoluments, when not in active service by authority of the State.
Art. 300. The General Assembly may exempt from military service those who belong to religious societies whose tenets forbid them to bear arms; provided, a money equivalent for these services shall be exacted.
Art. 301. The Governor shall have power to call the militia into active service for the preservation of law and order, or when the public service may require it; provided, that the police force of any city, town, or parish, shall not be organized or used as a part of the State militia.
