NRA SUES NEW ORLEANS MAYOR RAY NAGIN
NRA has filed a motion for contempt against the City of New Orleans, its mayor, Ray Nagin, and the acting chief of police for failure to comply with a temporary restraining order handed down September 12, 2005, ordering an end to all illegal gun confiscations that occurred in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
“With looters, rapists, and other thugs running rampant in New Orleans, Ray Nagin issued an order to disarm all law-abiding citizens,” declared NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. “With no law enforcement or 911 available, he left the victims vulnerable by stripping away their only means of defending themselves and their loved ones. Now Ray Nagin thinks he’s above the law, and that’s just wrong.”
Attorneys for NRA have exhausted all efforts to cooperate with the defendants, Mayor Nagin and Chief Riley, who repeatedly ignored the court’s permanent restraining order against their illegal gun confiscations.
“Ray Nagin is a colossal disappointment,” said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. “During a federally declared emergency, he abused his power and abandoned the very people he was sworn to protect. He took away the victims’ freedom and their basic means of self-defense during an ill-fated and perilous time.”
The motion also includes an order that all seized firearms must be returned to their rightful owners.
First of all there is more then one type of weapon a crimal can use. By taking away all guns he has left the people of New Orleans unprotected. I personally own a few guns and would rather have them by my side to protect my family and I. I hope the NRA sucessfully wins this motion.
o come on so u think the nopd should run around and first chek to see if a perosn is law abiding before they take guns out of an already dangerous equation, an evacuation order was sent out over all news outlets AS SOON AS IT COULD HAVE BEEN and u were told that ure life was in danger if u stayed
He can’t even spell LIBERAL.
No they should not have to run around to check if a person is law abiding before taking their guns away. Want to know why?
Because it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. they should not even be taking guns away PERIOD.
I swore to uphold and to protect the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
anything Unconstitutional is AGAINST the constitution and is therefore an enemy of the constitution.
so guess what i would do with my gun if an emergency arises and someone tries to take it away………..
It is called law enforcement. they should have been enforcing laws and not violating the constitution.
wow .. it took me this long to find out what really happened during katrina. I could not believe it. It is 8/19/08 today. And this is the same day I joined the NRA.