Were Firearms Confiscated During Katrina?

The bill states that after Hurricane Katrina, guns were confiscated in Louisiana when police resources were “stretched thin.” Bill S.B. 112 was intended to protect the right to bear arms during a catastrophe. WUSA9 researchers spoke with Eddie Compass, who was the New Orleans chief of police during Hurricane Katrina.

Was there gun confiscation during Katrina?

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans in 2005, local authorities, led by then-Mayor Ray Nagin (D), did the unthinkable; they ordered the confiscation of firearms from law-abiding Americans. Social order had broken down, and civilians were largely on their own.

How many guns were confiscated during Katrina?

Police department spokesman Bob Young said it has stored 552 guns that were confiscated after Katrina, through Dec. 31, 2005.