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Do you remember the madness? 

Former New Orleans Police Chief Eddie Compass issued orders to confiscate firearms from all New Orleans residents in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, under a flawed state emergency powers law.  Shortly thereafter, the National Rifle Association and the Second Amendment Foundation sued New Orleans, Mayor Ray Nagin and Police Superintendent Warren Riley to stop the illiegal confiscation of firearms.  The NRA and SAF filed suit in federal court and won a preliminary injunction ending all the illegal gun confiscations.

The groups later filed a motion for contempt, when the city failed to comply with an order that all seized firearms be returned to their rightful owners.  In response, the City of New Orleans then filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit.

On Wednesday, however, Judge Carl Barbier of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied the city's motion to dismiss the lawsuit and ordered the city to submit a response.  See the full story here.

A glorious celebration should erupt any moment now, since conservatives have received the most rare of "good" news -- good news from a federal court!  In fact, it's the first good news we've received from a federal court since roughly the year 1789.

Anyway, go NRA!  A victory for the NRA in New Orleans would, in fact, send a strong warning to public officials across the country to forget about seizing firearms from their law-abiding owners in the event of a natural or man-made disaster.  After all, isn't there a specific Constitutional right involved?

But, I am somewhat conflicted over the court's ruling.  I can't imagine why any law abiding citizen would need a gun in New Orleans.  It's such a peaceful place.