From Gun Possession Now OK at FEMA Housing:
Following complaints from gun-rights groups, FEMA said Monday it is lifting a ban on firearms at temporary housing parks built in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Under the new federal policy, residents can possess and store firearms. Use of weapons is still prohibited in the parks, said Butch Kinerny, […]
Listen at the link:
All Things Considered, October 12, 2005: The National Rifle Association is using the experience of Hurricane Katrina to document the importance of guns during a disaster. During the chaos in New Orleans post-Katrina, gun purchases by both civilians and law enforcement swelled.
A FEMA trailer city outside Baker LA, known as "FEMA City", bans residents from having firearms according to a report aired on the 10/6 NewsHour. The Second Amendment Foundation is looking into the matter.
10/12 UPDATE: FEMA is reportedly reconsidering their ban.
The TRO that the NRA got to stop gun-grabbing in New Orleans has some statements that seem to run counter to the facts. You've heard of and probably seen video of guns being grabbed, but, as it says here:
Now the appropriate officials [Ray Nagin, Mayor of New Orleans and P. Edwin Compass, III, Superintendent of […]
This just in:
(Fairfax, VA) — The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans…
Previously: "NRA, SAF seek TRO to stop gun-grabbing".
From 9/16:
People in Louisiana rushed to purchase guns in the chaotic days of looting and lawlessness following Hurricane Katrina, according to law enforcement officials still trying to track down thousands of other weapons that were lost or stolen.
The increase was sharpest in the days immediately following the hurricane, according to FBI criminal history background checks […]
From this:
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) joined with individual gun owners in Louisiana Thursday morning, filing a motion in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking a temporary restraining order to stop authorities in and around the City of New Orleans from seizing firearms from private […]
Earlier this month, New Orleans Police Superintendent Edwin Compass decided to confiscate weapons in the city:
Kelly Hobbs, a National Rifle Association spokeswoman, said the group had reports from New Orleans that police had gone to homes of people who had recently purchased guns to confiscate them.
"It's really irresponsible for the authorities to try to confiscate […]
