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"Lady Libertarian" |
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14 Apr 2006 03:28:09 PM |
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NEW ORLEANS WILL BEGIN RETURNING SEIZED FIREARMS MONDAY, SAYS SAF |
http://www.saf.org/viewpr-new.asp?id=178
NEWS RELEASE
Second Amendment Foundation
12500 NE Tenth Place • Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 454-7012 • FAX (425) 451-3959 • www.saf.org
NEW ORLEANS WILL BEGIN RETURNING SEIZED FIREARMS MONDAY, SAYS SAF
For Immediate Release: 4/14/2006
BELLEVUE, WA – More than seven months have passed since New
Orleans residents were forcibly and illegally disarmed in the
wake of Hurricane Katrina, and starting Monday, April 17, the
City of New Orleans will be returning seized firearms to their
rightful owners, thanks to legal action by the Second Amendment
Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA).
“We’ve learned from the police that starting Monday at 8 a.m.,
New Orleans gun owners can get their firearms back,” noted SAF
founder Alan Gottlieb. “The city had been denying for more than
five months that these guns were in possession. Only when SAF and
the NRA filed a motion to have Mayor Ray Nagin and Police
Superintendent Warren Riley held in contempt of court did city
officials miraculously discover that more than a thousand seized
firearms were being stored.”
Residents whose guns were taken should call the New Orleans
Police at (504) 658-5503 or go in person to the Police Property
and Evidence facility, at 400 North Jefferson Davis Parkway. Gun
owners will have to provide proof of ownership, which could
include a bill of sale, a description of the firearm including
brand and model and the serial number or a notarized affidavit
that describes the firearm. Citizens claiming their firearms will
need proper identification, such as a driver’s license. Before
firearms are returned, New Orleans police will conduct a
background check.
“Hopefully, this marks the beginning of the end to a legal battle
that we’ve been waging since last fall,” Gottlieb said. “Our
victory in court should send a clear signal that no mayor or
police chief can suspend the Constitution on a whim, or seize
private property, including firearms, from private citizens
without due process.
“Natural disasters may destroy great cities, but they do not
destroy civil rights,” Gottlieb observed. “Law-abiding citizens
who are victims of nature must never again be victimized by
governments that strip them of their only means of self-defense.
America must never forget the lesson of New Orleans. Public
officials better remember that if they ever try another arbitrary
seizure of firearms from their law-abiding owners, SAF will be
there to stop them.”
The Second Amendment Foundation (www.saf.org) is the nations
oldest and largest tax-exempt education, research, publishing and
legal action group focusing on the Constitutional right and
heritage to privately own and possess firearms. Founded in 1974,
The Foundation has grown to more than 600,000 members and
supporters and conducts many programs designed to better inform
the public about the consequences of gun control. SAF has
previously funded successful firearms-related suits against the
cities of Los Angeles; New Haven, CT; and San Francisco on behalf
of American gun owners, a lawsuit against the cities suing gun
makers and an amicus brief and fund for the Emerson case holding
the Second Amendment as an individual right.
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Lady Libertarian - United States of America
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