Posted on 03/15/2006 6:49:55 PM PST by vrwc0915
3/15/2006 6:23:00 PM
To: National and State Desks
Contact: Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation, 425-454-7012, Web: http://www.saf.org
BELLEVUE, Wash., March 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In a stunning reversal, the City of New Orleans revealed today to attorneys representing the Second Amendment Foundation and National Rifle Association that they do have a stockpile of firearms seized from private citizens in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The disclosure came as attorneys for both sides were preparing for a hearing in federal court on a motion filed earlier by SAF and NRA to hold the city in contempt. Plaintiffs' attorneys traveled to a location within the New Orleans city limits where they viewed more than 1,000 firearms that were being stored.
"This is a very significant event," said attorney Dan Holliday, who represents NRA and SAF in an on-going lawsuit seeking to enjoin the city from seizing privately-owned firearms.
"We're almost in disbelief," admitted SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb. "For months, the city has maintained it did not have any guns in its possession that had been taken from people following the hurricane. Now our attorneys have seen the proof that New Orleans was less than honest with the court."
Under an agreement with the court, the hearing on the contempt motion has been continued for two weeks, the attorneys said. During that time, according to Holliday and fellow attorney Stephen Halbrook, the city will establish a process by which the lawful owners of those firearms can recover their guns.
"While we are stunned at this complete reversal on the city's part," Gottlieb said, "the important immediate issue is making sure gun owners get their property back. We're glad that the city is going to move swiftly to make that possible, and naturally we will do whatever is necessary to make this happen.
"What happened in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was an outrage," Gottlieb observed. "Equally disturbing is the fact that it apparently took a motion for contempt to force the city to admit what it had been denying for the past five months.
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The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nation's oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974, The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform the public about the consequences of gun control.
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When you need your firearm the most the powers that be will pull out all the stops to disarm you
But we can trust the government! They only want the best for us! {sarc} GUN CONTOL=SLAVERY
Would like to see hard time sentences with big league personal fines.
But,but,but- this means that they have been LYING to us.
Oh the horror of it,Democrats-the party of the people-lying right to the peoples face.
I hope this doesn't mean that the NRA is backing off the contempt charges against Nagin, his Police Chief, and that bastard who tackled Granny.
Weren't most of them elderly home owners?
Wasn't he CHP? Kinda surprising that no MSM ever interviewed this guy after all of this blew-up.
It took finding the evidence. Othewise the city would not have any motive to come clean.
I wonder too, what can the court do to the city if it persists in lying? How does the court enforce contempt against the city?
The police are just there to protect and serve. Who or what they are protecting or serving is the question.
I wonder how many of the better quality guns got legs.
Well the March 2006 issue of "Freedom: by the NRA says it was both the LSP and CHP (LA State Police and CA Highway Police) that she (Patricia Konie) had the most to fear from.
"Would like to see hard time sentences with big league personal fines".
The attorney that filed the complaint against Mayor Nagin on behalf of the NRA spoke at my law school (at a Federalist Society meeting) last semester. If you google "NRA v. Nagin" the complaint should pop up. It's definately worth a read. Glad to see that the citizens of Lousiana will be getting their guns back. This was an outrage.
#4 buck is now replaced by slugs.
80 million gun owners. F-Troop might want to consider that.
Funny how liberals keep whining about civil rights being violated when they talk about actual criminals, while they are the ones who violate actual rights specifically granted by the Constitution, regarding law-abiding citizens.
Thats what I was wondering.
Politicians and their status quo.....
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