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EEllis wrote:

Bang4Buck wrote:Wow. Never even knew this happened. Obviously mainstream media didn't cover this. I'm sure someone else posted on this. I'm just floored and felt a need to share:

http://www.nranews.com/ginny/video/new- ... st-katrina" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I hate to say it but I was there and this isn't an accurate portrayal in my experience.

yea well oblivious people weren't with us guardsmen that were told to take them, hmmm

and this wasn't the only person to be injured during the unlawful confiscation of firearms

Controversy arose over a September 8 city-wide order by New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass to local police, U.S. Army National Guard soldiers, and Deputy U.S. Marshals to confiscate all civilian-held firearms. "No one will be able to be armed," Compass said. "Guns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns." Seizures were carried out without warrant, and in some cases with excessive force; one instance captured on film involved 58 year old New Orleans resident Patricia Konie. Konie stayed behind, in her well provisioned home, and had an old revolver for protection. A group of police entered the house, and when she refused to surrender her revolver, she was tackled and it was removed by force. Konie's shoulder was fractured, and she was taken into police custody for failing to surrender her firearm.

Bang4Buck wrote:Wow. Never even knew this happened. Obviously mainstream media didn't cover this. I'm sure someone else posted on this. I'm just floored and felt a need to share:

http://www.nranews.com/ginny/video/new- ... st-katrina" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Actually it was covered in the mainstream media and did in fact cause quite a ruckus. Several states enacted laws that make this illegal post Katrina


Louisiana legislator Steve Scalise introduced Louisiana House Bill 760, which would prohibit confiscation of firearms in a state of emergency, unless the seizure is pursuant to the investigation of a crime, or if the seizure is necessary to prevent immediate harm to the officer or another individual. On June 8, 2006, HB 760 was signed into law.[83] 21 other states joined Louisiana in enacting similar laws. A federal law prohibiting seizure of lawfully held firearms during an emergency, the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006, passed in the House with a vote of 322 to 99, and in the Senate by 84-16. The bill was signed into law by President Bush on October 9, 2006.[84]