Guns are being confiscated in NO. What is the NRA doing about it?

[barbaraann]

NRA-ILA Comments On Situation In New Orleans

Friday, September 09, 2005

Numerous media sources are reporting on a campaign by New Orleans city authorities to confiscate lawfully-owned firearms from people in the city. Louisiana statute does grant the government, during a state of emergency, broad powers in regulating and controlling firearms.

However, we have seen not just with Hurricane Katrina, but other similar situations, that when police are unable to control the criminal element, people turn to the one freedom that protects all others--the Second Amendment.

While one can certainly understand the dire predicaments of all those affected by Hurricane Katrina, as we have learned throughout history, campaigns to disarm the lawful do nothing to disarm the criminal. And in truth, these restrictions make citizens less safe. Despite the valiant efforts of many law enforcement officers and rescue workers, too many of those left in the wake of Katrina are ultimately responsible for their own security and safety and that of their families and loved ones. This is especially true when communication is virtually non-existent and police can't be quickly summoned to respond to calls for help. At these times, lawful gun ownership is paramount to personal safety.

Of course, the entire situation in New Orleans is constantly in flux. But rest assured NRA is monitoring this situation very closely and will address any activity by the government that unduly infringes upon the rights of lawful gun owners at the appropriate time. As we learn more, we will report to our members accordingly. In the interim, however, we join with all Americans in offering our thoughts, prayers, and assistance to the victims and survivors of this terrible natural disaster.

http://www.nraila.org/CurrentLegislation/Read.aspx?ID=1731

Basically, the NRA is doing NOTHING. The poor fools who have faithfully sent in their membership dues and voted against "gun-hating" Democrats for decades are being betrayed while the real agenda of the NRA is revealed. That agenda is and always has been simply to support the Republican Party and the wealthy and powerful people who run it by manipulating ignorant and selfish one-issue voters.

[MuseRider]

1. The Republicans Will Take Your Guns!

We actually have proof. You gotta love that.

[raccoon]

80. Shout that from the mountaintops! nt

[Mythsaje]

2. My dad's an NRA member

but his politics are anything but Repug. He HATES Bushco.

If the NRA isn't sticking up for the people here, maybe my dad should think about cancelling his membership.

[HawkerHurricane]

3. Applauding.

The NRA has never been about the 'rights of all gun owners', it's been about the 'rights of gun owners we like'. They don't like poor black folks having guns... makes them afraid they might shoot BACK.

[alarimer]

40. I've always thought that about the NRA too

I am not a fan of guns myself but I think this is an overreaction on the part of the government (I don't know if it is the feds or state doing this). But it seems like mercenaries like Blackwater can carry weapons so it isn't right. Basically I guess if you are rich in New Orleans you can hire mercenaries to protect your stuff but if you are poor (or at least not rich) you have no right to protect yourself and your stuff. Maybe the govt. knows what the people really fear is the government, not so much other people.

[barbaraann]

4. From Gun Owners of America's website:

GOA Denounces Gun Confiscations In New Orleans

For Immediate Release
September 9, 2005
Contact: Ellie McDaniel
703-321-8585

"Simply outrageous!"

That was the reaction from Erich Pratt, Director of Communications for Gun Owners of America, after learning that the city of New Orleans had begun confiscating legally-owned firearms from New Orleans' residents.

"By what authority can the mayor order these confiscations?" Pratt said. "You can't legitimately suspend the God-given rights of American citizens who have committed no crimes.

"These confiscations will not make the people of New Orleans any safer. Privately owned firearms were the only thing which prevented good people from becoming victims in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when few policemen were to be found anywhere in the city.
...
http://www.gunowners.org/pr0505.htm

[noahmijo]

6. The moron is blaming the mayor

:eyes:

[ThomWV]

8. Unfortunately "The Moron" Is Right

No Mayor has the authority to negate the second amendment to the Constitution. Neither does the President, any Senator, any Congressman, any police authority, nor you or I.

[noahmijo]

10. yes but the mayor didn't order it that's where "the moron" part comes in

Show me a link or some kind of statement you heard on tv that says the mayor is the one who ordered it.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. It was ordered by the Feds

this is being done by NG troops

[robre]

34. It seems to be the chief of police for NO that talked about it first

"No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.

But that order apparently does not apply to hundreds of security guards hired by businesses and some wealthy individuals to protect property. The guards, employees of private security companies like Blackwater, openly carry M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons."

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/national/nationalspecial/08cnd-storm.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. there is a huge leap from will nto be allowed to carry

firearms, to your firearms will be confiscated... which the Feds are doing.

I am not allowed to carry a weapon either, but god help them if they try to take my guns away from my home.

And THAT ist he point, they are taking fire arms from them... the will not be allwoed to carry fire arms is standard in a city under some civility... or are you allowed to carry openly your guns?

[tridim]

7. It's a "god-given right" to own a gun?

That's a new one. The framers weren't god.

[ThomWV]

9. No, It Is Not. It Is, However, A Constitutional Right

As much as it seems to be hated here the Constitution gives you, me, and every other American, the right to keep and bear arms. Just like it says:

"A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

[MrBenchley]

11. No it is not....as the Founding Fathers and the courts affirm

The notion that the Second Amendment confers an individual right to run around with a popgun is a deliberate LIE spread by the gun lobby.

[IntravenousDemilo]

15. Who was the illiterate ninny

who put those commas in after "militia" and "arms"? The sentence now makes no grammatical sense. Why are they there? I've always wondered this.

[tridim]

18. Yes, and?

I didn't say it wasn't a Constitutional right.

[MrBenchley]

12. Gun Owners of America is mainly one scumbag, named Larry Pratt

Pratt is a racist so odious that even Pat Buchanan had to flee his company in public...

[noahmijo]

5. I'm no longer an NRA member

I gave it up long ago when they became The National REPUBLICAN Association.

When they get some new leadership and become an organization that educates the masses about gun laws and safety I'll consider rejoining.

[MrBenchley]

13. What they do about everything else....lie their butts off

Incidentally, the situation in New Orleans was just the sort of situation that gun loonies have been jonesing for....and as we saw, imbeciles waving guns was a hindrance, not any help at all....

"That agenda is and always has been simply to support the Republican Party and the wealthy and powerful people who run it by manipulating ignorant and selfish one-issue voters."
Yup....and in gun owners they hit the motherlode of "ignorant and selfish"...

By the way, wasn't it nice the way the GOP got assault weapons back in the gun stores just in time to make this catastrophe worse?

[applegrove]

14. Why would NRA complain. People are buying guns like crazy in

outlining towns. And the people who have their guns confiscated will just have to go out and buy new ones when they find somewhere to settle.

"Guns don't kill people, or not having guns doesn't kill people - people not buying guns kills people

Win win win for the NRA

[MrBenchley]

16. Yup, fear of blacks is always a boon to the gun lobby...

but then "gun rights" is nothing but thinly veiled racism....

"people not buying guns kills people"
That's the silliest thing I think I've read in weeks....

"Win win win for the NRA"
And lose lose lose for Aemrica...

[applegrove]

23. I was being "sarcastic" in my take on what the "guns don't kill people"

mantra really is about.

All they want to do is sell guns. They don't care if people have them or not - unless it helps sell more.

I was being sarcastic. I should have put in the sarcastic smilie. Sorry.

[MrBenchley]

26. Sorry...

If you'd seen as many arguments from gun nuts as I have, you'd know that literally no argument is too ridiculous for them to make..

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Flame me but I see nothing wrong with this

Guns will just complicate the situation in the shelters.

[nadinbrzezinski]

19. Yes but this is a huge violation of gun rights

and it is the republicans who will take them away, not the libbies... this is a gift and we must exploit it, as they say, play politics

Look who is confiscating them guns? Oh yes FEDERALIZED troops udner the control of a GOP Federal government, the truth is now known, the Republicans hate us for our second ammendment rights

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. If I was in a shelter

after losing everything I own in a hurricane, the last thing I would want to worry about is the guy next to me with a gun.

[MrBenchley]

27. Unless the guy next to you decides

to see if you've got anything worth taking...

[proud2BlibKansan]

36. Let him have it

My life is worth more than my property.

[MrBenchley]

42. Ever hear the words "innocent bystander"?

[proud2BlibKansan]

49. Only from gun nuts

trying to justify CCW. :eyes:

[MrBenchley]

51. Try news reports of shootings...

often the person plugged is the innocent bystander...

[proud2BlibKansan]

66. I am the wrong person to be having this discussion with

I have never carried a gun or a weapon and I work in the crime infested inner city. I have never felt threatened or been in any kind of dangerous situation. So I figure if nothing has happened in 25 years, . . .

[MrBenchley]

69. Actually, I think you're exactly the right person...

This is a phony issue....and as we see, not even gun nut central is particularly het up about "gun confiscation."

But then this "Second Amendment" crap is just a code word for good old fashioned racism...and not a particularly subtle one at that.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/176458_focus06.html

[proud2BlibKansan]

86. Well I paid attention in history class

and my dad was a history teacher. I am really over this second amendment conversation in a big way. Those who believe the second amendment gives them the right to CCW are just showing their ignorance of our constitution.

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. This is NOT at shelters

but private residences, read the AP wire

[MrBenchley]

31. But since "gun rights" is a tissue of lies, who cares...

"it is the republicans who will take them away, not the libbies... this is a gift and we must exploit it, as they say, play politics"
Except, that as we see from the NRA's reaction, even gun loony central doesn't give a crap...

"Look who is confiscating them guns? Oh yes FEDERALIZED troops udner the control of a GOP Federal government, the truth is now known, the Republicans hate us for our second ammendment rights"
The Republicans hate us, period...but then so do most gun nuts, who hate blacks, Jews, gays and uppity women almost as much as they love them guns...

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. then I am scary to them

jewish, female and well armed, and getting more and more competent with firearms

[MrBenchley]

33. You keep on telling yourself that....

and we'll both have a big laugh.

[nadinbrzezinski]

54. actually at the range when we go it is funny

one guy said, strange to see a girl here, member of the NRA?

Nope, and now no way, them Feds are confiscating guns down south, the Feds are, and the NRA are making the sound of crickets...

Hmm, you liberal?

Was cute

Yes, actually and it is my constitutional right to have a gun, so why is the NRA silent?

His shooting improved.... then he said, you know you are right, they should be making noise, it is them republicans who will take them away, so what you shooting,

Sig 9mm

Here are some pointers... on gun safety... when we left he took his NRA card and tore it apart in front of the gun store staff, and started tellng them about them republcians confiscating gusn down south and the NRA being more silent than crickets...

You just need to know how to talk the talk at times...

[MrBenchley]

61. Hot-cha-cha....

"His shooting improved.... "
Did his steely eyes narrow too?

[nadinbrzezinski]

63. no, but you sem to have a problem

I got a gun totting nut, he fits the stereotype, to start speaking truth to power and say it loud and clear, it is not Libbies who want to take them guns away, but Republicans, you realize how huge that is? Of course you don't

[MrBenchley]

70. I got no problem whatsoever....

But then I'm not trying to peddle John AshKKKroft's lie, or pretend right wing loonies are anything but...

"it is not Libbies who want to take them guns away, but Republicans, you realize how huge that is?"
That IS rich...who but the lunatic fringe EVER thought "Libbies want to take them guns away"....

[noahmijo]

21. Well for starters even the most anti-gun person

should find fault in the fact that the wealthy are being allowed armed guards and so are business owners.

Secondly it is a blatant violation of law in general, these people who are being stripped of guns are not criminals, and it includes people who have had their guns registered and possess permits.

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. Can't you see the difference between

a person in their own home wanting protection and a large group of people in a shelter packing heat?

[MrBenchley]

29. Speaking as an "anti-gun" person...

You mean the wealthy people who were trapped in New Orleans?

"it is a blatant violation of law in general"
Says who?

"it includes people who have had their guns registered and possess permits. "
Or it would if either state registered guns or required permits...but they don't...

http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/state/viewstate.php?st=la

http://www.bradycampaign.org/legislation/state/viewstate.php?st=al

[titoresque]

47. c'mon

this is bigger than just this situation. If they can take guns from one group, then they can take guns from all groups. It's just a matter of time. I for one do not own a gun, I have never even held or shot one.........but it scares the crap out of me to think that someday the only people who might possess guns will be our Military and Govt.
Does this not concern you?

[proud2BlibKansan]

50. This is a dangerous enough situation

without arming all the victims.

I don't see a movement to take everyone's gun away.

[Rabrrrrrr]

58. No, it's similar to the Patriot Act problem -

we let a few rights slip through for "safety" reasons, then a few more, then a few more... then we have NO people losing their right to bear arms, even though have done nothing illegal (I'm talking only about the non-criminal), and then it becomes easy to say "Well, that went without protest - let's take the guns of everyone in Louisiana, and let's take away some other rights, since no one's complaining"

And eventualy you have the republican wet dream of a subservient toadying populace.

[nadinbrzezinski]

59. Bravo, well said

[MrBenchley]

62. Hee hee hee....

"then it becomes easy to say "Well, that went without protest - let's take the guns of everyone in Louisiana"

Uh-HUH....


"eventualy you have the republican wet dream of a subservient toadying populace"
Of the sort that parrots AshKKKroft's lies, for example?

[Rainscents]

22. You got that right! Where are all those gun lovers and NRA???

They should all be scraming about this! I'll tell you, when the republicans tell you what the liberals are going to do, you better believe, it is what THEY are going to do!

If this was done under Clinton... All the FREEPERS and NRA would be SCREAMING!!!

[MrBenchley]

30. If you've ever spent time in the gungeon

you'd know our "pro gun democrats" go out of their way to avoid criticizing any Republican any time, any where, for any thing...

[Kitsune]

46. Ah, broad generalizations.

I, for one, am both "pro-gun" AND very much against Republicans, thank you very much. :P

[MrBenchley]

52. Ah, accurate observations...

"I, for one, am both "pro-gun" AND very much against Republicans"
Nothing keeping you from going down to the Gungeon and slamming the GOP...

But somehow it's only Democrats like Schumer, Kerry and Feinstein who get knocked down there by "pro gun democrats"....

[nadinbrzezinski]

55. Well well I will work against DiFI and it has NOTHING

to do with gun rights.....

More like the bankruptcy bill, her acquiescence of CAFTA, and the other day when I called about getting help to NOLA, it would have been more productive to bash my head ageist the wall... at least the pain would have been less severe.

I like Shumer and I worked to get President Kerry elected, but that election was stolen.. but carry on... keep making blind generalizations.

Oh and I do happen to agree with Gen Clark, full automatics, you want to shoot full auto, Join the army... we have plenty of them.

Enough of a headache now?

[MrBenchley]

60. And I rest my case...

"Enough of a headache now?"
Not me...but then I'm not trying to pretend gun rights is anything but racism and right wing horseshit hiding under a different sheet....and not fooling much of anyone.

[nadinbrzezinski]

65. so exactly what have you done to help your fellow man?

I am willing to compare notes...

In other words, apart of being on a Message Board what exactly have you done to push for civil rights? And DiFi, she was useless but I guess she is fine with you... bankrupcy bill and CAFTA and all... because she is a D... (did you know hubby works at the Carlyle group and that she gets majorities OUTSIDE her home district?)

[MrBenchley]

68. For one thing...

I'm not hanging around a shooting gallery with right wing loonies...

What I find funniest is that much of the exact same rhetoric about "gun control" is what I used to hear about civil rights...and usually spouted by the same dreary racist humholes (Crazy Bill Buckley, Trent Lott, Jesse Helms)...

"DiFi, she was useless but I guess she is fine with you..."
Let me know the next time she peddles John AshKKKroft's lie about the Second Amendemtn.

[MrBenchley]

85. Worth noting that one can go down to the gungeon right now

and find almost no posts criticizing pResident Turd's gun grabbing...although you can find ones slamming the mayor, local cops and even one slamming sane Democrats who support gun control...

Go figure that (snicker)...

[NNN0LHI]

35. DON'T FORGET TO REMIND YOUR FREEPER FRIENDS HITLER DID THIS TOO!

Thats right.

Don

[barbaraann]

37. Excellent, excellent idea.

Thank you.

[barbaraann]

38. Well, one conservative gets it.

...We’ve been had, friends.

And we're going to be had in the next crisis, too.

And the next, and the next.

http://mensnewsdaily.com/blog/longenecker/2005/09/confiscation-of-weapons-in-louisana.html


His website:
http://nationwideconcealedcarry.com/

[MrBenchley]

41. Boo hoo hoo...I feel so sad for him....(not)

By the way, mensnewsdaily is a hilarious site that shows how psychotic and out of touch with reality right wing loonies are....headlines this morning include: Here Come The Lesbian Rangers!

[barbaraann]

43. Are they UNIONIZED lesbian rangers?

:wow:

[MrBenchley]

45. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues...

So help me, MY first thought upon seeing the words "Lesbian Rangers" was an old time 50's TV western...

mensnewsdaily has given me a lot of material for Bob Boudelang over the years...

[UTUSN]

39. Betcha the NRA Are Too Busy and Will Appreciate My E-ltr to Them

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4723536
They DO have the NYT link to the item under "Other News" at their website. They require Address and other identifying info on their "Contact Us" form, but this can be worked-around using zeros and random keys. Here's my typically confrontational message to them:

http://www.nra.org /

"Contact Us": https://www.nrahq.org/contact.asp

For years and years the NRA has told us that the 2nd Amendment was absolutely INVIOLABLE, that possessing firearms would protect us against an oppressive government, despite that individuals facing off against a government armed with WMD is impossible, and despite that the 2nd Amend. refers to militias for national defense.

Yet, as we speak, firearms are being confiscated from citizens in New Orleans and the NRA and its various usually-outspoken members are strangely silent. No words like "cold, dead hands" --to say nothing of attempts at legal remedies like restraining orders. Could it be, after all, that the NRA really HAS been merely interested in the profits of gun manufacturers and Republican politics, NOT the high-minded 2nd Amendment, all along?

[barbaraann]

44. Good job--I can't wait to see how they respond.

n/t

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. Good for the NRA! I was afraid they might support the taking of guns away,

I'm glad they are remaining consistent.

Taking guns away is inhuman. While I don't think there's a huge criminal element in the city, who cares? People have the right to defend themselves, and the only people who will willingly offer their guns are the law abiding.

Taking guns in NO is just part of the genocide.

People have a RIGHT to defend themselves.

[nadinbrzezinski]

56. the statement from the Chief made sense

only military and police allowed with guns...in the streets, ok... that is the standard nationwide, but they are going into houses and taking them away... the Feds are...

That is the problem here

[barbaraann]

57. It's just lip service.

The only thing I see that they have done is post for paragraphs on an obscure web page.

[DS1]

64. I've always maintained that when the Government comes to take

your guns, you're going to end up gunless, or gunless and dead - no matter what kind of big talk you have, the Government has something bigger.

[bluestateguy]

67. The NRA is fine with confiscating guns from Negroes

The Right invented gun control in this country, not the Left. They were the ones who put all the colonial era laws on the books barring slaves and even free blacks from being armed.

[MrBenchley]

71. Imagine that...bigoted gun loonies! Who'd a thunk it?

Why, it's almost like the whole "gun rights" movement is nothing but the last gasp of the old Jim Crow crowd...because that's what it is.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/176458_focus06.html

Which is why "gun rights" is being peddled by folks like Tom Delay, John AshKKKroft, Trent Lott, David Duke, Ann Coulter, Pat Buchanan, Ted Nugent, Larry Pratt, etc...and gun shows are awash with swastikas and hate literature.

[blindpig]

72. Are the confiscating guns in the French Quarter?

I'll bet not. Property trumps all.

[Walt Starr]

73. Which goes to show you, the NRA doesn't give a DAMN about gun rights

All they give a damn about is the corporatists in charge of the GOP. NOTHING ELSE!!!

Hey Freepers, look at how those you THOUGHT would protect your second amendment rights are now GRABBING GUNS!!!!! All the while the organization your trusted to prtect your second amendment rights LOOKS THE OTHER WAY!!!

[MrBenchley]

77. It goes to show how phony "gun rights" really is....

There's no individual right to own a popgun in the Second Amendment.....as the courts have affirmed over and over.

Nor did gun loonies really think there was...they KNEW it was a lie even as they pushed it. That's why there's no big uproar on right wing blogs about this....except for the ones who want to blame this on Blanco or Nagin.

The "RKBA movement" is nothing but old fashioned racism and right wing extremism. They weren't even very good at hiding it.

[Atman]

74. SEND MONEY TO BUSHCO!

AND WAYNE LAPIERRE! Stick your heads in the sand, NRA members. It is YOUR republican government confiscating LEGAL guns from CITIZENS. Where the fuck are you? Where the fuck is the outrage? You are a bunch of transparent, racist, GOP shills if you continue to DO NOTHING. FUCK YOU, NRA!

[MrBenchley]

75. You sound surprised.....why?

"You are a bunch of transparent, racist, GOP shills"
Why the fuck do you think the NRA's Board consists of Ted Nugent, Grover Norquist and bunch of white supremacist loonies? Why do you think gun shows are full of swastikas and hate literature? When you hear folks like Larry Pratt spout gibberish about "self defense" who did you think he was talking about shooting?

It's been thuddingly plain to see that the "gun rights" movement is nothing but racism dressed in a different sheet. If that comes as some sort of surprise to YOU, it's not an NRA member who buried a head in the sand.

"Now, saying 'I'm with you guys on guns.' In any other time or place you'd be looking for a lynching mob." The crowd responded with "let's do it" and "I've got a rope."
-- The Grand Rapids Press, October 17, 2000 quoting NRA president Charlton Heston and describing audience reaction.

[-..__...]

76. This is why we need registration and liscening...

of all firearms and firearms owners.

The Authorities kneed to know who has what, and where to find them when the round-up begins.

:sarcasm:

Sarah Brady and her ilk can eat shit.

[MrBenchley]

78. Funny, it's Chimpy and his pro gun imbeciles doing this

but I guess you knew that.

"Sarah Brady and her ilk"
Which includes pretty much every Democratic politican of prominence, pretty much every liberal or moderate writer or thinker, and about 70% of the American public.

Still it must be gratifying to know you've got a specimen like Larry Pratt on your side.

[-..__...]

79. It must be gratifying to know you support the sceheme...

that makes it easier for them to go door to door and do this.

"§1783. Registration with department of public safety

Every person possessing any firearm shall register with the department the number or other mark identifying the firearm, together with his name, address, and place of business or employment, the place where the firearm is usually kept, and, if the person is other than a natural person, the name and home address of the executive officer thereof having control of the firearm and the name and home address of the person having actual possession thereof.

http://www.legis.state.la.us/lss/lss.asp?doc=97850

Funny, it's Chimpy and his pro gun imbeciles doing this

Since when does * or the feds have authority over local and State law enforcement agencies?

http://x602.putfile.com/videos/25022023432.avi

Yep, kicking down doors and administering the "smack down" on little old ladies is a real liberal virtue.

[MrBenchley]

81. It certainly is gratifying to know I'm not a triggerhappy loon

desperately trying to pretend this isn't the racism of the gun rights movement in open view...

"Since when does * or the feds have authority over local and State law enforcement agencies?"
How cute...you're actually going to pretend this is Blanco and Nagin....

[-..__...]

83. All the news footage I've seen...

they're confiscating everyones guns; law-abiding or not, black and white.

Nice to see you applaud and support those efforts, though.

Next time you might actually try answering the questions instead of defelecting.

[MrBenchley]

84. Must be hell for you living in a country with actual liberals....

"they're confiscating everyones guns; law-abiding or not, black and white"
And yet the loonies at the NRA don't seem to give a rats' ass...go figure.

"Nice to see you applaud and support those efforts, though."
You mean you think that what the tragedy in New Orleans needs is lots of shootouts? That IS twisted.

"Next time you might actually try answering the questions instead of defelecting."
Jeeze, the only "question" you asked was the rhetorical one trying to pretend that this wasn't being done by pResident Turd.

Just as the only one "defelecting" here is you...trying to pretend that Sarah Brady and liberals are to blame.

[marshall]

82. Weapons confiscated in Dallas

The father of a friend of mine worked over last weekend checking people in at BigTown (a former mall that has been vacant for years) in Dallas. He said they were running people through metal detectors and were getting a huge assortment of guns, knives, and other weapons.

I wonder if they are keeping track of who owns what and will give it back to them?