Reply #28: Do you not understand

[MyrnaLoy]

that I'm asking for plaintiffs in the lawsuit? Was Percy part of the lawsuit? No, he wasn't. Let's say I give you ole Percy though, I'll use your source:

"Percy Taplet, 73, said the National Guard and state police confiscated his shotgun when they arrived to tell him to leave his house. When he tried to get his gun back this week, police told him he would have to contact state police."

Well did he? Did he try to get it back? A quick Google search lists only Percy as a victim. Was he being transported to a safe area? If you were a police officer would you have allowed Percy to take his shotgun on a bus? On a boat? Do you know Percy, I don't. So with that, was his gun confiscated or secured? You know the answer, be honest. The mechanism was in place for him to retrieve it, he was told who to contact.

Now before you go all "he had to jump through hoops" to get it back. I find your car after a storm do I have to prove it's yours before I give it back? You don't wanna talk about how registration would have helped ole Percy do you? No way you wanna do that.

I'm going to use your link one more time, "police said only 17 of about 700 weapons had been returned". OK they have 700 weapons. The NRA files a case, calling it confiscation. 700 weapons. 700 weapons ripped from the cold wet hands of Americans! Or, maybe 700 found unsecured weapons? Now you want us to believe the former, 700 weapons ripped from the hands of honest Americans!!! The outrage!!!

700 Americans. Who are they? The NRA files a lawsuit on their behalf, who are they? You have old Percy, police trying to help him get to a secure place. Common sense says no way is Percy going to take his shotgun to that safe place right? I know, I know, it's a stretch equating the NRA with common sense. The police don't know ole Percy, they know he has a shotgun and needs help. After the storm they tell old Percy where he can get his shotgun. Did he try? I can't find an answer to that. I do know why they took ole Percy's gun. You know why also. Safety. You know that as well as I do, it's the same reason they disarmed that poor old distraught woman. The mock outrage was noted though.

I'll leave you with this one thing from your source. It's dated 2006, 5 years ago. One name. Percy. Did he follow law enforcements instructions for the safe return of his shotgun? 5 years. Who cares right? You care that it was taken, that's the mock outrage. Do you think ole Percy's shotgun had a serial number on it? Would you have been ok with the officers writing it down next to Percy's driver's license or SSN? You know the NRA would have sued over that also.

See, this isn't about ole Percy, it's about mock outrage. The confiscation that never was. It was about securing weapons in a dangerous situation. The mock outrage was just the NRA icing. 700 unsecured weapons, a lawsuit with no plaintiffs. You know the answer. it's right in front of you.

http://www.policeone.com/community-policing/articles/128275-New-Orleans-police-giving-back-weapons-confiscated-post-Katrina