Could This Happen Nationwide?

Here’s a quick question – in the event of a National Emergency could it be possible that your constitutional rights could quickly be diminished to being worthless? No freedom of travel, no freedom to protect yourself, or worse?

You don’t think it would happen. You don’t want to believe that it could happen.  However, in today’s changing society it quite possibly could. Would you in an event of this kind of “event” relinquish your rights to bear arms? To not be able to defend yourself? Would you have full faith that for the safety of your community that you should not be allowed to even posses a firearm of any type?  Here’s a few tales following hurricane Katrina that makes you think and wonder who are the good guys, the bad guys, and what it could it mean for you in the face of future events?

*** Editors Note: In further research we found this article below from the NRA website. Interesting to note that the Mayor of New Orleans admitted to being wrong.

Friday, October 10, 2008

After a three-year legal battle over the unconstitutional confiscation of lawfully owned firearms during Hurricane Katrina, this week, the City of New Orleans agreed to settle a lawsuit initiated by NRA. A permanent injunction has been issued against the city, Mayor Ray Nagin, and current Police Chief Warren Riley. The Second Amendment Foundation assisted NRA in the legal battle against Mayor Ray Nagin and the City of New Orleans.

“This is an important victory for the citizens of New Orleans and the Second Amendment,” said Wayne LaPierre, NRA’s executive vice president. “We fought for three long years in a fundamental legal challenge to assert the inherent self-defense rights for law-abiding citizens, knowing the Constitution would prevail. Today it has prevailed and freedom has won.”

Judge Carl J. Barbier presided over the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Judge Barbier signed the permanent injuncation against the City of New Orleans. The city admitted the firearm confiscations carried out by Nagin and Riley were unconstitutional and illegal.

Under the terms of the injunction, Mayor Ray Nagin, Police Chief Warren Riley, and any agents or employees of the City of New Orleans must, among other things, cease and desist confiscating lawfully-possessed firearms from all citizens; make an aggressive attempt to return any and all firearms which may have been confiscated during the period August 29 to December 31, 2005; post on the City website the procedure for the return of confiscated firearms; and mail notices to all individuals who are identified on the property tags of firearms in the City’s possession which were confiscated during the aftermath of Katrina.

“On behalf of the lawful gun owners of New Orleans, NRA is pleased with this outcome,” said NRA-ILA Executive director Chris W. Cox. “We thank Judge Barbier for his leadership and constitutional scholarship in presiding over our lawsuit. NRA will continue to aid however we can in the full return of all the firearms confiscated by the City.”