After denying the illegal confiscation for months, on March 15, 2006, Mayor Nagin and the NOPD conceded in federal court that they do have seized guns stored in locked steel containers. The city then agreed in court to a process by which law-abiding citizens may file a claim to receive their confiscated firearms.Yeah, right.
However, a New Orleans official handling the gun confiscations stated that no guns have been returned because the NOPD requires background checks, and the city has not set up a process. The official acknowledged, “We've been told it was going to happen weeks ago…and still hasn't been done.”
Background checks are routinely conducted instantly under the NICS system. Every pawn shop, every Wal-Mart, has the instant check system. I know that the NOPD has the ability to conduct instant criminal record checks, just like every other police agency in the free world.
Ray Nagin should be found in contempt, jailed on civil rights violations and held till the NOPD returns each and every firearm to its rightful owner. I'm not talking about letting citizens retrieve their property, but actually take the firearm in hand, get in a patrol car, and return the property to the rightful owner, with apologies. Let the District Court assess a fine of $10,000 per day, per firearm on the City until the property is returned.
Remember New Orleans.
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How many guns were confixcated? Are there any estimates?
I'll do my part to unelect Ray Ray in short order.
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