The Mayor of New Orleans may find himself in contempt of court for his lack of cooperation in the case brought before the federal court that involved the City’s confiscation of firearms from legally-authorized citizens after Hurricane Katrina. Ray Nagin, who is perpetually stuck on stupid, will now at last, (we hope) finally get justice that this dangerously inept pinhead needs. The National Rifle Association‘s attorneys will be back in federal court to file petitions to find the Mayor and Police chief of New Orleans in contempt for failing to produce discovery evidence in the case.
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Nagin in Contempt — 1/24/2007
After the brutal gun confiscations following Hurricane Katrina, I would think that most gun owners already hold New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin in contempt. But now the National Rifle Association is asking a court to reach that verdict in its legal sense.
We recently filed a motion asking the court to hold Nagin in contempt for failing to comply with a judge’s order from last fall. Back in November of 2006, the federal judge overseeing the case gave the city until December 12 to comply with his order for discovery-which means to supply important information whether you want to or not.
Now it’s late January 2007, and we still haven’t seen the city produce. So on January 31, our attorneys will be back in court asking the judge to hold the New Orleans mayor and the police chief in contempt.
This isn’t the first time we’ve had to do this. Last spring we filed another motion to hold the city in contempt, but the city finally admitted (at the eleventh hour) that they did, in fact, have firearms confiscated from legal gun owners. The mayor and police chief avoided the contempt charge last time, but I’m not sure they’ll be so lucky this time around.
When they ordered the confiscation of guns from legal gun owners, I promised you that NRA would seek justice. The fight continues, and I’ll keep you posted … because most media won’t.