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In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state's response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank's new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

In a 2018 dispute over gun control, Landry denied $600 million in state funds to Citibank and the Bank of America. The two companies were scheduled to participate in a road-financing plan, but both were yanked from the plan after each placed new gun control restrictions on their customers. Landry and State Treasurer [[John Schroder]] have been working on the state's response to corporate gun control. Omitting the two banks m from the $600 million is part of that response. On March 23, 2018, ''Breitbart News'' reported that Citibank's new gun control regulations require customers to cease selling “high capacity” magazines. Citibank demanded bank store customers refuse long gun sales to anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty even though such sales are legal. Moreover, it is noted that 18-20-year-olds can use fully automatic weapons while serving in the military. Earlier in the year Bank of America announced that it would not accept customers “who make military-style firearms for civilians”. The financial institution does consider that military rifles are fully automatic, but civilian firearms are semiautomatic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/08/16/louisiana-attorney-general-denies-600-million-to-citibank-bank-of-america-over-gun-control/|title=Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and the state’s Bond Commission denied $600 million to Citibank and Bank of America over the gun control stance adopted by both companies|publisher=Breitbart.com|date=August 16, 2018|author=A. W. R. Hawkins|accessdate=August 19, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular Caddo Parish [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]], who was reelected to a sixth term in 2019, to the Red River Waterways Commission is illegal because state law requires that the appointment must come from the nominating agencies' choice or choices. "Nothing authorizes the governor to ignore the nomination," Landry said. Instead Edwards chose a nominee from Rapides Parish. Any legal business that the board does is therefore questionable, Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/09/19/ag-governors-red-river-appointment-illegal/1356519002/|title=AG: Governor's Red River appointment illegal|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 19, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Governor Edwards, however, disputes Landry's opinion and claimed that the attorney general engaged in "a cheap political stunt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/gov-edwards-ag-landry-guilty-of-cheap-political-stunt-video/|title=Gov. Edwards: AG Landry guilty of "cheap political stunt" (video)|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=September 20, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

In September 2018, Landry said Governor John Bel Edwards' refusal to appoint Carolyn Prator, wife of popular Caddo Parish former [[Sheriff]] [[Steve Prator]], who was reelected to a sixth and final term in in 2019, to the Red River Waterways Commission was illegal because state law requires that the appointment must come from the nominating agencies' choice or choices. "Nothing authorizes the governor to ignore the nomination," Landry said. Instead, Edwards chose a nominee from Rapides Parish. Any legal business that the board does is therefore questionable, Landry said.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/09/19/ag-governors-red-river-appointment-illegal/1356519002/|title=AG: Governor's Red River appointment illegal|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 19, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Governor Edwards, however, disputes Landry's opinion and claimed that the attorney general engaged in "a cheap political stunt."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://710keel.com/gov-edwards-ag-landry-guilty-of-cheap-political-stunt-video/|title=Gov. Edwards: AG Landry guilty of "cheap political stunt" (video)|publisher=KEEL Radio|date=September 20, 2018|accessdate=September 21, 2018}}</ref> Thereafter, Landry filed a lawsuit to unseat two of Edwards' appointments to the commission, nominations that Landry considers illegal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2018/09/25/ag-jeff-landry-sues-gov-edwards-over-board-appointment/1420838002/|title=Landry sues to unseat Gov. Edwards' board appointments: Governor's spokesman accuses attorney general of conducting 'political stunt'|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|author=Greg Hilburn|date=September 25, 2018}}</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 votes (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>

Landry won his second term as attorney general with ease in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 12, 2019. With 855,338 votes (66 percent), he topped the Democrat "Ike" Jackson, Jr., wo finished with 436,531 (34 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 12, 2019.</ref>