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The Bottom Line

I have written in the past that in today's world, gun owners and proponents of civil rights must remain ever-vigilant if we are to avoid government-ordered gun seizures and violent abuse of our rights to self-preservation and self-defense.

In this book, that point is hammered home repeatedly, as it describes multiple accounts of physical, psychological, and mental abuse of citizens by law enforcement, coupled with widespread government-ordered illegal theft of their only means of personal security in that frightening time - legally owned firearms.

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Pros

• Tells harrowing true tales of police abuse and thievery in the wake of a natural disaster.
• The accounts in the book will likely never be told by mainstream news media - only in this book.
• The writing is engaging and easy to read.

Cons

• Contains some typos.
• The maps provided are not great, and a number of the landmarks discussed in the book aren't shown.

Description

• Describes how New Orleans' government stole guns from peaceable, law-abiding citizens, while abusing and harassing them.
• Also contains accounts of armed citizens successfully deterring criminals.
• Describes in brief readable terms the lengthy legal battle just to gain access to some of the stolen guns.
• If you don't believe it can happen here in the good ol' USA, then you need to read this book.
• These were no Rambos - they were ordinary folks like you and me, going about the business of survival.
• Paperback.
• ISBN-10: 0970981333; ISBN-13: 978-0970981332

Guide Review - The Great New Orleans Gun Grab - Descent Into Anarchy (Book)

The Great New Orleans Gun Grab (GNOGG) is a book that needed to be written... and now it has. Published two years after the widespread abuse and harassment of citizens who wanted nothing more than to be left alone, it still rings with timeliness, and it still haunts the minds of those who value freedom.

In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, civil authorities around New Orleans declared war on the only thing in their realm that didn't cost them anything, wasn't stealing or destroying, and wasn't falling apart: the peaceful, resolute residents who had decided to stay behind to defend their homes from thieves and looters.

The residents' plan didn't always work, however, because they were descended upon by thieves just the same... and many of them were wearing uniforms. The Second Amendment (along with the entire US Constitution) is just ink on paper, and nothing more, when such things occur.

If you are concerned about governmental abuse, if you care about freedom and the notions this nation was founded upon, if you fear armed thugs falling upon you at the worst possible moment, if you are a man or woman who just wants to live in peace and you believe our government will always allow that... then you need to read this book and spread the word.

- Russ Chastain

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