NRA SUES OVER N.O. GUN TAKINGS
Date: Nov 7, 2005 12:35 PM
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NRA SUES OVER N.O. GUN TAKINGS

Monday, November 07, 2005 – FreeMarketNews.com

When audiences turned in to watch the post-Katrina rescue efforts going on in New Orleans, they witnessed the forced disarming by the military and police officers, of law-abiding residents who were carrying handguns in their own homes for the express purpose of warding off possible looters and intruders.

Now the National Rifle Association is collecting evidence to bring the matter to court to ensure “innocent Americans always have the means to defend themselves in their homes and neighborhoods.” The NRA intends to “enact laws to prohibit state and federal authorities from seizing firearms from innocent citizens under a state of emergency due to a natural disaster or terrorist act.?

The NRA apparently has an ally in The Law Enforcement Alliance of America, an organization comprised of both police officers and civilians, and which provided important support for the recently passed bill to limit nuisance lawsuits against gun manufacturers. The LEAA comments: “In the days following the recent storm devastation, even Second Amendment skeptics now see undeniable examples on the evening news of the value and need for ?average? U.S. civilians to be able to own guns to protect themselves, their families and their communities.?

Wayne La Pierre, Executive Vice President of the NRA chronicled one scene: ?In the close of the ABC footage, a very young guardsman says, ?Walking up and down these streets you don?t want to have to think about the stuff you are going to have to do. If somebody pops around the corner?? Off camera, the reporter interrupts an says, ?You mean shoot an American.??

And La Pierre adds: ?Keep in mind, those officials?who ordered every decent citizen of their city to be forcibly disarmed?also sent tens of thousands of residents whose homes were destroyed to endure the living hell of the Superdome and the Convention Center; where people died or were murdered; where bodies rotted; where medical practitioners were frightened away; where gang members killed, robbed and raped at will. All of this with virtually no police presence for a week.? -DS