‘Tucker Carlson Originals’ investigates massive gun grab by New Orleans Police after Hurricane Katrina
In the new episode of the Fox Nation show, Tucker Carlson breaks down the illegal gun grab by New Orleans police against ordinary citizens who has broken no laws
In the latest installment of Fox Nation’s "Tucker Carlson Originals," host Tucker Carlson breaks down the decline of gun rights over the last 30 years and pinpoints specific instances of government overstep—such as the New Orleans Police Department's mass gun confiscation in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
In August of 2005, the Louisiana city descended into chaos following the devastating hurricane. Local police quickly lost control of the situation, some stopped enforcing the law, and joined in on the looting.
Instead of cracking down on the violent criminals forming militias and plundering the city, police targeted citizens in what Carlson asserted was the "most aggressive gun confiscation scheme in modern American history."
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"A lot of people don’t think like their guns can be taken. It can happen. It did happen," said Jim Richard, a victim of gun confiscation.
Richards said he became afraid when he saw people in the streets with guns and television sets, cleaning out stores by force. He decided to take his boat and grab his gun collection.
He was stopped in the middle of the water and asked whether he had any weapons on board. When he told the police that he had legal weapons on board, they drew M-16’s, shouted at him, and confiscated his collection of 17 guns.
New Orleans Superintendent P. Edwin Compass made his point known at the time: "No one will be able to be armed."
The police followed up on the superintendent’s announcement and confiscated thousands of firearms illegally from law-abiding citizens with no due process.
They knocked on doors with assault rifles ready--and in some cases even broke down resident's doors.
"The people that were the most vulnerable—they took the guns away from them when they needed them the most," said Gordon Hutchinson, co-author of "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab."
In the full episode, Tucker Carlson breaks down two other important moments in the context of American gun rights, including the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict, and unrest in Omaha, Neb., one of the many riots from the summer of 2020.
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