>From: "NRA-ILA_Alerts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Franklin Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: U.S. Senate Votes to Protect Second Amendment Rights During >Emergencies >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:44:48 -0400 > >U.S. Senate Votes to ProtectSecond Amendment Rights During >EmergenciesThursday, July 13, 2006Please click here to make a secure, >online contribution to help fund NRA's legislative efforts around the >country.Fairfax, VA - On July 13, the United States Senate >overwhelmingly passed (84-16) an amendment (#4615) to the Homeland >Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5441). This amendment -- sponsored >by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) -- prohibits the use of funds >appropriated under HR 5441 for the confiscation of lawfully possessed >firearms during an emergency or major disaster.Commenting on the passage >of the amendment, NRA-ILA Executive Director and chief lobbyist Chris W. >Cox said, "After Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Police >Superintendent issued orders to confiscate firearms from all citizens, >allegedly under a state emergency powers law. With that one order, he >stripped the one means of self-protection innocent citizens had during a >time of widespread civil disorder. This legislation guarantees that will >never happen again." Various reports indicate that military and law >enforcement agencies from the federal government and several states >confiscated guns from law-abiding New Orleans residents. The Vitter >Amendment prohibits the use of federal funds to seize firearms or >restrict firearms possession, except in the circumstances allowed by >current federal or state law. Convicted felons and other "prohibited >persons" are not protected under this legislation and it does not effect >law enforcement operations outside of disaster relief situations."In >passing this legislation, the United States Senate acted to protect the >self-defense rights of citizens when those rights are most vital. There >was no 9-1-1 or police to rely on while looters and rapists and thugs >ran rampant and honest citizens were left to their own devices to >protect themselves, their families and their neighbors. I want to thank >Senator Vitter for introducing this amendment and all the Senators who >supported it." In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the resulting >gun confiscations, NRA filed suit in federal court and won a temporary >restraining order ending all the illegal gun confiscations. After the >City of New Orleans failed to comply with the court's ruling, NRA filed >a motion of contempt that included an order that all seized firearms be >returned to their rightful owners. Due to NRA's leadership, emergency >powers legislation prohibiting government officials from restricting the >rights of law-abiding gun owners during declared states of emergency >passed in 10 states during the 2006 legislative session, including >Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Alaska, >Idaho, Kentucky, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. While the passage of the >Vitter Amendment in the U.S. Senate represents an important victory for >America's law-abiding gun owners, the job is not yet finished. It is >vital that this provision be included in the final version of the bill >that emerges from the House and Senate conference committee later this >year. Please click here to make a secure, online contribution to help >fund NRA's legislative efforts around the country. 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