NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Rifle Association and the city of New Orleans have agreed to settle a lawsuit over the seizure of firearms by police officers in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
A court filing Tuesday says the NRA and Second Amendment Foundation will drop the case if the city follows a plan for returning guns to owners who had them confiscated by police after the 2005 hurricane.
Both sides also are asking a federal judge to sign off on the deal and issue a permanent injunction barring the city from seizing lawfully possessed firearms.
A lawyer for the NRA says the city is storing about 1,200 guns that were seized from their rightful owners. Police have said they only took guns that were stolen or found in abandoned homes.
 
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