{"id":221213,"date":"2025-09-24T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T07:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=221213"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:21:46","slug":"twenty-years-after-katrina-gun-grab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/twenty-years-after-katrina-gun-grab\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty Years After Katrina Gun Grab&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty years ago, New Orleans officials ordered law-abiding citizens to give up their firearms in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then-Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent P. Edwin Compass infamously declared, \u201cOnly law enforcement will be allowed to have guns.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NRA: The Untold Story of Gun Confiscation After Katrina\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-taU9d26wT4?start=11&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That unconstitutional order triggered immediate lawsuits by the Second Amendment Foundation (<a href=\"https:\/\/saf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"twenty-years-after-katrina-gun-grab\" title=\"Twenty Years After Katrina Gun Grab...\">SAF<\/a>) and the National Rifle Association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within days, a federal consent order forced police to stop the seizures. Later that year, Congress acted, with President George W. Bush signing protections into law to bar future gun confiscations during emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alan Gottlieb, SAF\u2019s founder and executive vice president, shot straight: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cIn the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters this country has ever seen, the mayor and law enforcement unthinkably decided to go door-to-door confiscating firearms when citizens needed them most. This case serves as a great reminder of why SAF must continue its critical work.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-saf-s-ongoing-work\">SAF\u2019s Ongoing Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Two decades later, SAF is still carrying that fight. The group has more than 50 active lawsuits nationwide, taking on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cAssault weapon\u201d bans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magazine capacity limits<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Restrictions on young adult carry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u201cSensitive places\u201d bans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Red flag laws without due process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ve also petitioned the Supreme Court to review two landmark cases\u2014one on \u201cassault weapons\u201d and another on the 18\u201320 handgun purchase ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most recently, SAF and its partners filed suit challenging the constitutionality of the National Firearms Act, marking another front in their long campaign to restore gun rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-it-matters\">Why It Matters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SAF Executive Director Adam Kraut said it plainly: \u201cThe New Orleans firearms confiscation fiasco is a perfect example of why SAF continues to work across the nation to defend, secure and restore our Second Amendment rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kraut added that despite many victories, the danger of government overreach remains: \u201cThere are those in this nation who wish to make the Second Amendment a second-class right, and we will continue to fight to ensure that doesn\u2019t happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The message is clear: what happened in New Orleans can never be repeated. And two decades later, SAF is still standing guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><em>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"twenty-years-after-katrina-gun-grab\" title=\"Twenty Years After Katrina Gun Grab...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a> ***<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOnly law enforcement will be allowed to have guns.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":158,"featured_media":58474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4024],"tags":[132,607,122],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-221213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-buzz","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-r2kba"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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