Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana
Date: Sep 23, 2005 5:44 PM
FYI (copy below):
http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/Releases.aspx?ID=6539

AOL users click here
************************************************************
Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana

Friday, September 23, 2005

(Fairfax, VA) — The United States District Court for the
Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National
Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to
bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding
victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

?This is a significant victory for freedom and for the
victims of Hurricane Katrina. The court?s ruling is instant
relief for the victims who now have an effective means of
defending themselves from the robbers and rapists that seek
to further exploit the remnants of their shattered lives,?
said NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre.

Joining LaPierre in hailing the U.S. District Court
decision was NRA chief lobbyist Chris W. Cox. ?This is an
important victory. But the battle is not over. The NRA
will remedy state emergency statutes in all 50 states, if
needed, to ensure that this injustice does not happen
again.”

The controversy erupted when The New York Times reported,
the New Orleans superintendent of police directed that no
civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to have guns and
that ?only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons.? ABC
News quoted New Orleans? deputy police chief, saying, ?No
one will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the
weapons.?

The NRA also pledged that it will continue its work to
ensure that every single firearm arbitrarily and unlawfully
seized under this directive is returned to the rightful
law-abiding owner.

–nra–

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is
America?s oldest civil rights and sportsmen’s group. Four
million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold
Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of
existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime.
The Association remains the nation’s leader in firearm
education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law
enforcement and the armed services.