New Orleans Gun Owners, Please Read This........

Jeff Quinn · Post by **Jeff Quinn** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:48 pm

NRA SEEKING OWNERS OF SEIZED GUNS IN NEW ORLEANS . . . When New Orleans police confiscated more than 1,000 firearms from law-abiding gun owners in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation filed suit against Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley. The trial is set to begin Feb. 19, according to Mississippi's SunHerald, and NRA is trying to locate gun owners who had firearms seized during that period to help expedite the guns' rightful return and to possibly enlist them as witnesses. If your firearms were so confiscated, please call NRA's Office of Legislative Counsel at 703-267-1160.

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:02 pm

Jeff,

Thank you for posting this.

I am still betting that absolutely NO gunowner's right will be upheld in this case. I believe that New Orleans WILL NOT be held accountable, and/ or they will drag this out for decades to come. They have done it with the Police Department, and they have done it with the Fire department. They did pay off the winners of a discrimination suit against the former District Attourney, Eddie Jourdan, though. I think the federal rulling is what made them comply, though Jordan's shady involvement with a known criminal could have helped the City along. The State chipped in, too. I smell lots of backroom dealing...

I look forward to hearing more of this.

...and Eddie Compas was the Police cheif that ordered the confiscation of guns. Riley was just his lackey. Now Riley is the head lackey. I have ZERO respect for either of the two tough-talkers.

Shawn

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:11 pm

...well, WWL-TV Channel 4 just reported that the trial has been postponed, at the request of the NRA. The need more time to find gunowners. A date will be set during a phone call today.

Shawn

Texican · Post by **Texican** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 12:24 pm

Here's a link to a MP3 download for one hour of Tom Gresham's Gun Talk radio program, talking in depth about the NO Gun Grab. I've read about everything in the gun rags (including NRA's 1st Freedom) and didn't hear about the things mentioned in this one interview. Please, please download and listen. Get angry, and get active. This election year has ALL our freedoms in the balance.

http://guntalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=289211

If for some reason the link doesn't work, it's the first hour of the show from 12-23-07 on the podcasts page from guntalk.com

Thanks y'all.

Hillbilly · Post by **Hillbilly** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 4:08 pm

sad part is If you do get the guns back you will need a butt load of fine steel wool and gallons of oil to get em looking good.

Evidence rooms are hard enough on firearms... I cant imagine how the katrina guns will look.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:09 pm

BTT -

Oh how I hope NO and Nagin get the ream on this one!!!

Teek · Post by **Teek** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 3:50 am

What got me was Nagin got RE ELECTED!

Oh, well...at least Louisiana got a decent governor out of the deal. Oh, and most of the guns look BAD! I mean really bad! imagine the internals and springs rusted through. And I shudder to even think of what the bores look like on most of 'em. Returned? Hell no! They should sue for like/kind REPLACEMENTS!

Teek

horsesoldier03 · Post by **horsesoldier03** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:30 am

Its hard to beleive that in the US the day ever came when someone knocked on the door and said give me your guns. NOT SO SURE HOW I WOULD DEAL WITH THAT and hope I never have to find out! Never thought about it that much, I have been keeping all my guns but 1 in my gunsafe. Think I may need to move a few of them around!

You know the saying, Dont put all your eggs in one basket!

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:21 am

Gentlemen,

This is being discussed right now on WWL 870AM, in New Orleans. You can listen on-line, too: www.wwl.com

The authors of "The Great New Orleans Gungrab" are on the air.

Shawn

Texican · Post by **Texican** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:04 pm

Hagler wrote:Gentlemen,

This is being discussed right now on WWL 870AM, in New Orleans. You can listen on-line, too: www.wwl.com

The authors of "The Great New Orleans Gungrab" are on the air.

Shawn

That MP3 I listed is an interview with the same author - again, please download and listen - let's get the word out. For those who want the book I think the website is http://www.neworleansgungrab.com

According to the show almost all the guns are GONE. The nice ones disappeared into private hands; the worn or cheap ones are at the bottoms of the bayous. Those rescued from the box truck fall into the latter category. Receipts were not issued, serial numbers weren't allowed to be written down, entire collections disappeared while the owners were out of town to 'prevent them from falling into the hands of looters'. Even so, the more people who come forward the better chance of having the country take notice of this horrible event.

cutter · Post by **cutter** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:12 pm

Who ordered the confiscation?

Hagler · Post by **Hagler** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:29 pm

cutter,

Some combination of Mayor C. Ray Nagan & former Police Cheif Eddie Compas.:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-taU9d26wT4

Warren Reiley is named in the lawsuit, but he was only a Junior Lackey, then. Now he is Head Lackey.

Shawn

bunklocoempire · Post by **bunklocoempire** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:22 am

Would've really been nice if a certain republican president that I voted for would've chimed in when this was going down. Something like "All you armed law abiding citizens who can remain in the area, form citizen patrols and keep you and your neighbors safe." But alas, Americans are not to be trusted defending their own lives and property, apparently only police, National Guard and Blackwater are to be trusted. GGrrrrrrr!

Bunkloco

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