Greetings Riflemen...about the only thing I like better than shooting handguns is sitting down on my range and sighting in three or four rifles!
I wanted to get in this popular forum and let you know our book is finally out.
The first copies of the "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab" hit the publisher's office yesterday, and media copies started going in the mail today to writers and luminaries in the NRA, SAF, GOA, etc. Yes, one went out today to Tom Gresham who was kind enough to write a most complimentary "blurb" for us. The book should be in bookstores and on Amazon in about two weeks.
Todd Masson, my co-author, and I spent over a year in New Orleans running down leads, conducting interviews, and taking photos of folks who were victims of the thuggish behavior and Gestapo tactics of the police agencies who flooded into New Orleans to "help" NOPD in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
If you are interested in seeing the website, go to:
www.neworleansgungrab.com.
The book details the true stories of Patty Konie, Ashton O'Dwyer, Buell Teel, and other folks who were brutally assaulted, harassed, beaten, and in some cases physically evacuated by force. If you were a gunowner, you were a target. Instead of trying to stop the thugs and looters, the reigning authorities tried to make everyone leave, and one way to insure that was to remove their means of self-defense. They did this at gunpoint, frequently--practically all the time--refusing to give their names or badge numbers, or allowing the citizens to write down the serial numbers of the fireams they were stealing at gunpoint. Most of the thousand of guns they took have disappeared, never to be seen again. Much of the junk ended up in the lake and canals. The good stuff ended up in private collections.
It is a story that has been ignored by the national media, and we have documented it. If you read it, you will be amazed--and outraged. Thanks for the opportunity to get the word out on this popular forum.
Good shooting. I'll be on the range tomorrow testing a new Merkel KR-1 in .270 WSM. It is a beautiful, expensive piece, and kicks like the Hammer of Thor!
Gordon Hutchinson--Co-Author "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab"
I wanted to get in this popular forum and let you know our book is finally out.
The first copies of the "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab" hit the publisher's office yesterday, and media copies started going in the mail today to writers and luminaries in the NRA, SAF, GOA, etc. Yes, one went out today to Tom Gresham who was kind enough to write a most complimentary "blurb" for us. The book should be in bookstores and on Amazon in about two weeks.
Todd Masson, my co-author, and I spent over a year in New Orleans running down leads, conducting interviews, and taking photos of folks who were victims of the thuggish behavior and Gestapo tactics of the police agencies who flooded into New Orleans to "help" NOPD in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
If you are interested in seeing the website, go to:
www.neworleansgungrab.com.
The book details the true stories of Patty Konie, Ashton O'Dwyer, Buell Teel, and other folks who were brutally assaulted, harassed, beaten, and in some cases physically evacuated by force. If you were a gunowner, you were a target. Instead of trying to stop the thugs and looters, the reigning authorities tried to make everyone leave, and one way to insure that was to remove their means of self-defense. They did this at gunpoint, frequently--practically all the time--refusing to give their names or badge numbers, or allowing the citizens to write down the serial numbers of the fireams they were stealing at gunpoint. Most of the thousand of guns they took have disappeared, never to be seen again. Much of the junk ended up in the lake and canals. The good stuff ended up in private collections.
It is a story that has been ignored by the national media, and we have documented it. If you read it, you will be amazed--and outraged. Thanks for the opportunity to get the word out on this popular forum.
Good shooting. I'll be on the range tomorrow testing a new Merkel KR-1 in .270 WSM. It is a beautiful, expensive piece, and kicks like the Hammer of Thor!
Gordon Hutchinson--Co-Author "The Great New Orleans Gun Grab"