Gun Confiscation in New Orleans Video

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I have already recieved the DVD after contributing $30. I had seen it before the general release though when Wayne LaPierre showed it at the NY SAFE meeting in October.

http://www.givethemback.com/

The video is quite frankly shocking. I had seen may of these stories before, because I had researched this on the internet. Many people at the meeting, gun owners mind you, were shocked and had no idea how bad things really were in New Orleans. Just yesterday I spoke with an uncle who couldn't believe what I was telling him about citizens having their houses raided and guns stolen by federal and state law enforcement officers. He then assumed that it would be "legal" under martial law. We all need to educate thouse around us aboutt he reality of gun confiscation and that the precedent has now been set!

There was a recent thread questioning the purpose of joining and supporting the NRA. Watch this video, even the clip available at the link, and tell me with a straight face that the NRA is not fighting for our rights.
 
I agree with you that more people need to know how real this threat is. I wish the rest of the states would pass the bill on making it ilegal to confiscate arms. I think the New Orleans gun confiscation is more well known than the UN Gun Ban.
It`s sad that some people think the NRA is all propaganda. It`s pretty much the same as our soldiers fighting for our freedoms while some people bash them.
 
It's outrageous that the confiscations happened.

It's outrageous that a court order would be required ordering the city to give them back.

It's outrageious that even after the court order, they refused to cooperate and had to be taken to the brink of contempt of court before beginning complying.

It's outrageous that their compliance after that was still half-hearted with feet dragging.

This is government at its absolute worst.
 
Does anyone know if old woman featured in that video has sued the city of New Orleans? What they did to her seems way over the top...

Has the New Orleans "policeman" featured in video been fired?

Old Home Defense Maxim applies here:
"...I can reload faster than you can break in..."
 
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I don't know if she has personally sued but I think she has something in the works.

I met the lady who composed that special at the NY SAFE meeting. She stays in contact with the older lady who was assaulted. She still does not have her gun back and several months ago awoke to find an intruder in her home. Luckily she was unharmed. The whole thing makes one sick.
 
the NRA is all propaganda GOA though much poorer than the NRA was the one that went to New Orleans and got papers filed. NRA just steps up and takes credit whenever possible.

NRA is a paper tiger
 
the NRA is all propaganda GOA though much poorer than the NRA was the one that went to New Orleans and got papers filed. NRA just steps up and takes credit whenever possible.

NRA is a paper tiger
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Link?

I have heard the GOA was involved but it would be foolish to state the NRA was not and that their legal $$$ and muscle was not what was most effective.

The GOA are idealists but they will never have the effectiveness of the NRA. As a perfect example... where is the GOA DVD outlining the confiscation of firearms in New Orleans and what are they doing nationally to draw attention to it? Not much, probably because they do not have the funding to do so.
 
You know, the fallout from that hurricane may well do as much good as harm, in the LONG run. It depends upon how we react to it. If we ignore it and forget how the survivors were mishandled, it will happen again, and worse (hey, we've got precedent!). If we stay on top of the civil liberty issue, an action plan may be developed to keep it from happening again.

Unfortunately, this takes the directives of judges in successful lawsuits, or the active creation of new laws directing emergency procedures to be followed.
 
The House passed The Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act. That was backed by the NRA. That may be a paper tiger since I think it deals more with federal authority rather than state, but at least action is being taken. Many states have introduced similar laws on the state level, mine included, although it has not passed yet.

To be honest, I think NO was a craphole to begin with. Had that disaster and the subsequent disarmament happened further inland... say Biloxi or Shreveport, I think the results would have been different... if it happened at all!!! It just proves the point that the majority of people from NO support that crap because they re-elected that turd Nagan! I don't think that Americans, seeing those images of confiscation, thought it was fair. I think the majority of people in NO think it was. What does this mean? I don't know... I know it won't happen where I live and if it did, it would be a lot bigger news story than it was then since people may actually resist!

As for the cop being forceful with that woman... who knows. Looks bad on tape for SURE. You do have to admit... it must have been stressful.. big natural disaster, you're a cop or NG, a lot of your cop people fled, you hear news reports of helicopters being shot out of the sky, you have a camera in your face, you see a gun... what should you do? Put up your hands, calmy ask the woman to hand it over? I'm not defending him, or the policy in general, I'm just saying that it's easy to be mad at that guy in the video when all the blame should fall squarely on Nagan.... Nagan is probably more at fault than anyone else, including white people or George Bush... he's the bastard that ordered confiscations and he's also the man who didn't protect his constituents as he should have.
 
If I was on a show with an antigun guy I would roll that film clip. That is some powerful stuff. What can you say about big strapping officers taking down Grandma. In fact If an anti-gun politician was running in a political race that would be a good "issue" commercial. How can you defend that? Then a cutaway to a picture of Ray Nagin saying this man is an anti gun supporter and thinks you dont have a right to self defense. Then ask the question what will they do to get your firearms and replay grandma getting taken down. Then flash pictures of Pelosi, Kennedy, Schumer and a host of others.
 
I don't think that Americans, seeing those images of confiscation, thought it was fair.
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Most Americans have never even seen them. Many of those who have seen it have only seen part and actually believe it was lawful. The general media have done everything possible to cover up this. Was it on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC, ABC? NO

As far as justifying the jack booted thugs who took down the old lady, there is NO justification for that. They force their way into a private house (6'+ officers loaded down with machineguns demanding an old lady let them into her home ARE forcing their way in) tackle and abuse an old lady who showed them a legally owned firearm inside her own home. Every one of those pieces of Fascisti Garbage should have charges filed agaisnt them personally as well as against the state and city. "Just following orders" did not work for the Nazis and shouldn't be allowed to work for them.
 
Every person who had a weapon stlen by the governement there should REPORT it stolen and get its serial number logged. That way if any of these officers ever go to sell it or have its number show up "in the system" they can be directly tied to stolen goods.
 
If we ignore it and forget how the survivors were mishandled, it will happen again, and worse (hey, we've got precedent!). If we stay on top of the civil liberty issue, an action plan may be developed to keep it from happening again.
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Damn straight. The New Orleans Gun Grab must never be forgotten.
 
I have several colleagues that went down to N.O. They were armed and still did not stay out after dark unless absolutely necessary. At night, he could hear gun shots and all kinds of things going on. After hearing his stories, I cannot imagine that happening again.

It's funny that even after they went through that area and took firearms, they still heard gun fire. Guess they "Took care of the problem".:rolleyes:
 
I was in the affected area when the Greater Los Angeles County Inter-ethnic Spring Festival of 1992 went down and I remember Sarah Brady saying the last time a peon should have gun is during a time of civil uinrest- after all somebody might get shot. I also remember the news shots of Reginald Denny being dragged from his truck and assailed with bricks, and of columns of smoke rising from all around and knowing that those were buildings burning because the rioting sub-humans had torched them. Another memory: some talking head from LAPD asuring the drooling masses that the authorities had matters under control. I guess that meant all those burning buildings and the looting were occurring with the approval of The Powers That Be.
 
"Another memory: some talking head from LAPD asuring the drooling masses that the authorities had matters under control."

I'd hate to say it, being from an upper/middle class area, but I would venture to guess that they mean "under control" when it's out of the upper/middle class areas and contained in the lower class areas.

Just a guess, could be off base. Although I sometimes say "Let them shoot each other", then I see innocent victims who got in the middle of the shooting and were injured or killed. Also, there are alot of elderly people who are stuck in the middle of those areas that cannot protect themselves either. :(
 
Hey, just wait until Blackwater and Dyncorp are being hired to go door to door ensuring that no one in an area of civil unrest is armed.

Too bad their firepower will probably prevent any scenes of impromptu 'bridge decorating with hessians on fire 101'.
 
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