As a gun owner I feel the Second Amendment is the most important political issues of all. As a proud member of the National Rifle Association I receive, on a regular basis, information on this issue that could affect the safety of this country. For my Second Amendment blog issue, once a week I will bring you the latest on your right to bear Arms. I’ll kick off my first pro-gun post with a victory just in from New Orleans, Louisiana. For those of you who may not know the story about gun confiscation during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, because the big media networks didn’t broadcast. After devastating punch by Mother Nature in August of 2005, Hurricane Katrina left New Orleans in a mess. The city was flooded with Sewage, confused survivors, and looter. These looters, organized and armed with stolen weapons from the stores they looted (a local Walmart, to name one) put the city into chaos. From chasing girls in the middle of empty streets and raping them out in the open, to taking up sniper positions around a hospital in the middle of evacuating and opening fire, to looting flooded homes. Common sense dictated that if you were ignoring the city’s recommendation to leave town and staying to defend your property then you better own a gun. Most of the people who did stay behind did just that, but most of these people soon learned that the looters were the least of their worries compared to the government. City leaders handled the situation in so many wrong ways. One of which was the city’s position of forcing people out of their homes and disarming them. Democrat Mayor Ray Nagin as an anti-gun mayor had no problem with the New Orleans police on mission to disarm any person they could get there hands on and then lie about the city confiscating guns. When the chief of police went on TV and said “No one will be armed, we will take all weapons.” From that point city police, parish sheriff deputies, state patrolman, and even national guardsmen focused their attention on those they could find huddled up in their homes as opposed to armed looters running around the streets shooting into the air. Gun owners were harassed, some assaulted, forced out of there homes, and thrown on a bus out of town. There guns were confiscated illegally, some even deliberately damaged or destroyed by police right in front of the owner. Don’t believe me??? Watch this video by the NRA care of you tube. When the owners made attempts to get their guns back they got nowhere. That’s when the NRA got involved. After getting lawyers down to New Orleans to hear from these victims and securing video evidence necessary to prove the lies of the city government, the NRA filed motions and eventually sued the city. On Friday it came to an end. The City agreed to settle the lawsuit, and a permanent injunction was issued against the city, Mayor Ray Nagin, and current Police Chief Warren Riley. Judge Carl J. Barbier presiding over the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, signed the permanent injunction against New Orleans. The city admitted the firearm confiscations carried out by Nagin and Riley was unconstitutional and illegal. Under the terms of the injunction, Mayor Nagin, Police Chief Warren Riley, and any agents or employees of the City must, among other things, cease and desist confiscating lawfully-possessed firearms from all citizens; make an aggressive attempt to return any and all firearms which may have been confiscated during the period August 29 to December 31, 2005; post on the City website the procedure for the return of confiscated firearms; and mail notices to all individuals who are identified on the property tags of firearms in the City's possession which were confiscated during the aftermath of Katrina. Now I want you to think about what you just read. Government sanctioned gun confiscation in America. This is the basic reason why there is a Second Amendment and the NRA, for times like Katrina’s aftermath and to fight a government that would take away your basic right to defend yourself against Katrina’s aftermath. God Bless the NRA. Now in closing I’d like to remind you that one of the ways to fight anti gun government is at the polls this November by electing the pro-gun candidates who will uphold your right to bear Arms. You can find out who that is at the National Rifle Association Political victory Fund. This web site uses your zip code to find out what election races are happening in your area and gives the candidates a grade on their position of the Second Amendment and indicates who is being endorsed by the NRA. On this site you will see that the NRA just endorsed John McCain and Sarah Palin for President and Vice President. Sen. McCain has maintained a pro-gun record during his years in Congress and Gov. Palin is well known in her state as a moose hunter, gun owner, and she is a Life Member of the NRA. So if you want to maintain your right to bear Arms Vote NRA on Nov. 4.