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Posted on 09/23/2005 2:11:08 PM PDT by neverdem
(Fairfax, VA) -- The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
“This is a significant victory for freedom and for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The court’s ruling is instant relief for the victims who now have an effective means of defending themselves from the robbers and rapists that seek to further exploit the remnants of their shattered lives,” said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.
Joining LaPierre in hailing the U.S. District Court decision was NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. “This is an important victory. But the battle is not over. The NRA will remedy state emergency statutes in all 50 states, if needed, to ensure that this injustice does not happen again."
The controversy erupted when The New York Times reported, the New Orleans superintendent of police directed that no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to have guns and that “only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons.” ABC News quoted New Orleans’ deputy police chief, saying, “No one will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the weapons.”
The NRA also pledged that it will continue its work to ensure that every single firearm arbitrarily and unlawfully seized under this directive is returned to the rightful law-abiding owner.
--nra--
Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America’s oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the armed services.
thanks for the ping
I wonder how this upsets our own hflynn...
"We're going to take all the weapons." Yeah, the NO Police Department has been a paragon of virtue and a model of respect for the Constitution and for the Rule of Law in general
i wonder if eddie compass & his deputy had anything on their hip when they made the statements...
What about other threads?
You forgot nazi. Didn't hitler disarm his citizens? I say, bury your long guns.
Take your receipt (written on a $50) to the nearest NOPD station...
Regards,
GtG
I wasn't planning to ping for this item, but the thread was yanked from the breaking news and front page news sidebars. Maybe it's because I included the NRA letterhead. Joe Brower appears busy.
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"I don't know."
this should be sidebar news.
of some sort
there was a time FR was very RKBA oriented...
Wonderful. Thank God for the NRA. Now it's time to file lawsuits against those cops and jail them.
It's nice to see there's some good news.
Call up with your membership number handy and tell them just that. Demand that, at the very least, Compass be sued for his actions. Remember have your membership number handy and speak clearly and sanely!
Waht was the wording of the court order?
Did it provide any recognition to "individual rights"?
"I say, bury your long guns"
Why? Do you plan on hiding under your bed when they come to take them away?
Unlike the welfare queen gun owners who suck off the rest of us who support the NRA.
These people who don't belong to the NRA or GOA are losers - you agree?
(or did I miss it?)
Not a peep.
BTTT
The NRA was cooperating with other Gun Rights Groups. I don't know if the GOA was involved.
I give the NRA credit for this one.
Sounds like he ought to be affiliated with Pink Pistols instead of the NRA.
He *did* write a good book, though.
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