New Orleans' 8th District Police station in the French Quarter on Monday, July 1, 2024. Police Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick said that the station is being designated a vocational-technical school because training of officers takes place in a classroom there. The designation means gun possession will be forbidden in a 1,000-foot radius of the building. The move comes as a new state law eliminates permit requirements for carrying a concealed handgun. (AP Photo/Kevin McGill)
NOPD Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick talks with members of the New Orleans City Council during her confirmation hearing at city hall in New Orleans, Oct. 11, 2023. A police station in New Orleans' French Quarter will be designated a vocational technical school in a move that will instantly outlaw gun possession in the surrounding area — including a stretch of bar-lined Bourbon Street — as a new Louisiana law eliminating the need for concealed carry firearm permits takes effect. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, file)