Nagin responds to NRA suit

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Someone is not telling the truth here or details are missing.

In any event,someone needs to be held accountable for this BS so that it can never happen again.

Nagin responds to NRA suit
Friday, 10:49 p.m.

Staff reports

In response to a lawsuit filed by the NRA, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said Friday night that he never authorized the taking of weapons from citizens.

The National Rifle Association filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming that the confiscation of guns from private citizens, as ordered by New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass, was a violation of the Second Amendment. On Friday, a restraining order was issued in federal court barring any further weapons from being taken.

Nagin's office issued a statement Friday that Compass made statements about taking weapons from citizens without Nagin's knowledge. Compass said no weapons had been taken.

Nagin said Friday night that he has no intention of issuing orders to confiscate weapons.


http://www.nola.com/newslogs/breakingtp/index.ssf?/mtlogs/nola_Times-Picayune/archives/2005_09_23.html#082377

[madrchsod]

1. i wish they would take this to the supreme court

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3. This could be the make or break case for either side of the issue.

It's way past due.

If there's any hope of affirming the individual right to keep and bear arms, this is the best case scenario.

[Solo_in_MD]

5. The Supremes are ducking the issue

Which is understandable. Regardless of the position they take, the results will be on the order (according to some) of Roe V Wade.

If the NRA wins, places like NYC and Wash DC will be forced to allow personal weapons. More over, it could be a stepping stone for much more, as repugs were all predicting after the Texas sodomy ruling.

If they side with the militia = National Guard argument, then the upswell of forced reform possibly even a Constitutional Convention would loom on the horizon. Some states would declare all citizen memebers of the informal Gaurd, you get the idea.

I don't blame them for ducking it under the circumstances.

[PatriotMom]

2. Yes I would like to know the real truth of this story...

I had a bit of an argument(discussion) with a friend about this tonight.

[ingac70]

4. My understanding was the National Guard controlled NO.

And they were doing the gun snatching.