Hurricane survivors still waiting for confistacted firearms
From Human Events:
If you were a) jacked up, b) held at gunpoint, or c) politely asked to hand over your firearm as you a) left town, b) went about your business or c) tried to help your neighbors in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, you might be eligible to get your illegally confiscated gun back if you follow the rules established by the court. According to the terms of the permanent injunction against the city, issued in October 2008, the city has to “make an aggressive attempt to return any and all firearms which may have been confiscated during the period August 29 to December 31, 2005.” You can access the information at the city’s webpage. Scroll to the bottom of the page on the right hand side and click the little red box that reads “Hurricane Katrina Firearms.”
According to Assistant City Attorney Victor L. Papai, as of last October only three applicants had turned in paperwork to get their guns back. Papai does not return calls any longer regarding the tally. The city does not have their guns and it only has to comply with the court order until October 2010.
Local tavern owner JoAnn Guidos is one of those applicants. She owns Kajun’s Pub on St. Claude Avenue and boasts that her establishment “never closes” and that people feel safe there because they know that Guidos knows how to use firearms. During the aftermath of Katrina, she kept the pub open for two weeks, running generators and serving ice-cold beer and hot grilled food to the neighborhood, press and visiting law enforcement. Meanwhile, around her, shooters and looters, along with law enforcement, used St. Claude Avenue as the only highway to and from the Lower 9th Ward.
She said, “I didn’t want to evacuate because I didn’t want people to break in and destroy this place. And that’s what happened. They were breaking into houses and then, setting them on fire.” She recalled, “We had firemen and policemen from all over the country here and I told them I was armed and that this was a safe house and they didn’t do nothing. They had no problem. Then, the U.S. Marshals came walking down the street.”
On September 8, 2008, Guidos and friends decided to leave New Orleans. Things had quieted down with the arrival of federal troops, but heat and humidity stayed high. So, since there was no power restored yet to her building, she decided it would be safe to lock the bar and head to Mississippi. While loading the van in front of the bar, she carried her Browning 12-gauge semi-automatic shotgun and wore a .38 in her belt. Five U.S. Marshals came driving down St. Claude and stopped half a block away from the pub. They got out of their vehicle and came running toward Guidos and crew with M-16s, yelling “Put the guns down!” Guidos said, “They went right after me. They said to put my hands on the car and then, asked if I had any other guns.” She gave them her other guns and asked for a receipt. They never showed any ID, and they never gave her a receipt.
You can read the rest of the outrageous story here.
I can not have a respect for people in power to withhold a persons property if it is legal and a constitutional right to own a gun for law abiding reasons.
Please take all guns from the criminals and lets see how that is working for you.
Until then…..
Do not register firearms and continue buying guns and ammo………those things will be our friends in the future.
buy your guns and buy your ammo while you still can. the flood of illegal immigrants and what seems to strike that race as a mental disease which i call “hood mentality” is taking over our prisons and now our streets the gov’t is joke and as much as our law enforcement tries there outnumbered while the others numbers grow. I doubt very seriously anyone on here voted for Obama, but we all know he will eventually bring down the 2nd amendment or at least our right to own pistols. So i say fellow americans stand up and say Buck oFama and protect yourselves while you can.
When it comes to local law enforcement, they are for the most part citizen gun friendly, but ATF,BTF,U.S.Marshals,and all state and federal authorities, watch out, ” What are you going to do when they come for you”.Lock & Load Law abiding citizen, we want your guns!
[...] and desist” from seizing lawful weapons, and they must aggressively attempt to return all illegally seized weapons. The city admitted the firearm confiscations carried out by Nagin and Riley were unconstitutional [...]
Prepare people for the Greece riots right here only U S style multiplied. Once people realize here that the fiat money is worthless and all the freeloaders have to cut back because the workers can’t support everyone.
Anyway, My father and I were on a road trip and were the benficiaries of a broken window during the trip. We stopped along the side of the highway to do some damage control. A highway patrolman pulled up and proceeded to help us. His first question was to ask if either of us were armed.
He asked in a friendly manner, unafraid, and appeared to expect a Yes answer. My fathers license plate had pulled up the fact that we were conceal and carry citizens. He was very comfortable with that and expressed that we needed more such people. He was of the opinion that crime would be much lower if there were more armed citizens.
Score 1 for an authority figure.
Score -1 for the authorities link of your vehicles license with your carry permit.