“I don’t know anyone here that’s been killed with a handgun.”
— Rep. Avery Alexander, D-New Orleans
“I think we have passed something that we didn’t want to do.”
–Rep. Chuck McMains, R-Baton Rouge
“I can’t believe that we are going to let a majority of the people decide what is best for this state.”
–Rep. John Travis, D-Jackson
“This amendment does more damage than it does harm.”
–Rep. Cynthia Willard-Lewis, D-New Orleans
“Y’all are hurting my tender ears. I would appreciate it if y’all would scream one at a time.”
— House Speaker John Alario, D-Westwego
“I was 15 years old before I ate my first chicken without tire tracks.”
–Rep. Jay McCallum, D-Farmerville
Describing how it is to run through a gauntlet of lobbyists to get to the Senate chamber:
“They’re lined up like cooters on a log on a sunshiny day.”
— Sen. B.B. “Sixty” Rayburn, D-Bogalusa