·11250 Waples Mill Road · Fairfax, Virginia 22030 ·800-392-8683 Bill O’Reilly On Citizens Maintaining Second Amendment Rights During States Of Emergency: “That’s a pretty extreme position.” Friday, February 19, 2010 As we have often reported, in the wake of the illegal gun confiscations in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, NRA focused its attention on legislation to amend existing emergency-powers statutes to guarantee that local authorities never again attempt the confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during states of emergency.As you know, following Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans residents legally armed themselves to protect their lives and property from civil disorder....
