NRA Sues Mayor Ray Nagin

The Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin's approach to Katrina was:

When in danger
Or in doubt
Run in circles
Scream and shout

When the storm had passed and anarchy became the next storm to hit, he chose to disarm those citizens who stood in the gap. The courts stepped in to force the city to stop, but Mayor Nagin just couldn't break his streak and do something sensible like obey the court order.

The National Rifle Association (NRA ) has filed a motion for contempt against the City of New Orleans, the mayor and the acting chief of police for failure to comply with a temporary restraining order, handed down September 12, 2005, ordering an end to all illegal gun confiscations.

"With looters, rapists and other thugs running rampant in New Orleans, Ray Nagin issued an order to disarm all law-abiding citizens," declared Wayne LaPierre, NRA executive vice president. "With no law enforcement and 911 available, he left the victims vulnerable by stripping away their only means of defending themselves and their loved ones. Now Ray Nagin thinks he's above the law, and that's just wrong."

Attorneys for NRA have exhausted all efforts to cooperate with the defendants, Mayor Nagin and Chief Riley, who repeatedly ignored the court's permanent restraining order against their illegal gun confiscations.

Just the kind of publicity the Mayor needs for his reelection bid. Let's hope it helps bring a responsible person onto the office