Yeah right, like they will return the Lawfully owned firearms to these people.
The people should have given them away bullets first.
Do not rebuild New Orleans. Just declare it a designated hurricane zone. Perhaps Ma nature will put all future hurricanes into this wasteland.
Most people in that situation will not shoot if it means the death of their families. Shucks, to shoot would at least have meant certain death. This will stop most people.
If the court ordered them to do so, they had best do that. Federal Judges, even more than most, do not look kindly on officials disregarding their orders. Can you say Contempt of Court? I know you can.
The people should have given them away bullets first.
Not this time, that would have given the police sympathy and an excuse to say "see, the people can't be trusted with guns in this city". Although it's possible the court would have ruled the same way, even if some had defended their property and their rights. After all, the judge knows the reputation of the NOPD and to a lessor extent perhaps, the other LA police agencies.