Ray Nagin photo caption contest! Updated

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 13, 2008 07:52 PM

The Chocolate City clown mayor, Ray Nagin, is alive and kicking. What’s he doing after having confiscated the guns of law-abiding citizens during Hurricane Katrina?

Look for yourselves. (Click for full pic.)

NOLA.com is holding a photo caption contest.*

Lagniappe’s Lair wants Second Amendment activists to pitch in.

Have at it. Should be like, well, shooting fish in a barrel.

A chocolate barrel.

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*Update: The Times-Picayune issued some sort of “clarification” about the photo. Readers of the paper are lambasting the paper for caving in to Nagin. A commenter who saw the news clip of the press conference where the photo was taken writes: “ok – I just saw the film on the news. It[']s worse then the picture. He swings it around pointing it at the chief and everyone in the room. No excuse for that.”

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  1. #1
    On February 13th, 2008 at 7:57 pm, et said:

    I’m gonna buy a new Cadillac with the money we make selling these guns FEMA gave us on the black market.

  2. #2
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:02 pm, MDH3 said:

    pair of idiots.

  3. #3
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:03 pm, jpmzo said:

    “TK 421, why aren’t you at your post!?”

  4. #4
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:03 pm, meatsss said:

    They’re mine! All mine! Mine, mine, mine! And you can’t have any of them. All mine!!!

  5. #5
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    “Look, I handle a gun just as good as Al Gore.”

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/gorevietnam.asp

  6. #6
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    This is my peice
    This is my gun
    This is for shootin
    Watch me have fun

  7. #7
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:07 pm, BOB said:

    This gun IS allowed in our great city, it is BLACK!

  8. #8
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:08 pm, jpmzo said:

    Chocolate City Guns & Ammo: They Melt in Your A**, Not in Your Hands.

  9. #9
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:09 pm, uhangtight said:

    well they plan on using this expensive new equipment for ‘emergencies and emergency evacuations’. I wonder if they will get as much use as those buses they purchased to evacuate the citizens of New Orleans?

  10. #10
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:10 pm, ajmontana said:

    “point me to the crackers!”

  11. #11
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:11 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    This is what a gang-banger looks like when you try and take his gun.

    This is what I think of your Second Amendment rights.

    Your right Michelle – too easy.

  12. #12
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm, ajmontana said:

    “Ha! I got all their money and didnt even need this gun!”

  13. #13
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm, Lindsay said:

    We lead the murder rate,baby!

  14. #14
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    In honor of AJ:

    LALALA

    I shot the Sherif…

  15. #15
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:13 pm, ajmontana said:

    “Next Hurricane we can just blast the levee’s with these!”

  16. #16
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pm, ajmontana said:

    after the photo was taken the idiot shot his own big toe off.

  17. #17
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:15 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    I wonder what kind of carbon footprint this baby makes!

  18. #18
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:16 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    The next person that calls me a crook gets it.

  19. #19
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:17 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Go ahead, pull my finger.

  20. #20
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:18 pm, mikeg said:

    Don’t you dare touch those buses!!!!

  21. #21
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:19 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Do you know the size of freezer I had to buy to hide this baby?

  22. #22
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:19 pm, rac said:

    Say, ello to my leetle friend.

  23. #23
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm, CarpiJugulum said:

    You all are being a little hard on the man arn’t you. After all it was the levees that broke not the hurricane. Now after several billion dollars in aid given to nagins personal bank account the city of New Orleans is almost back to its cesspool self. They are ahead in murders already and robberies are on the way up.

    Nagin is just showing the citizens proper use of weapons. The next time that they ned aid they will be able to rob Fema without the ACLU or bleeding hearts.

  24. #24
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:24 pm, ajmontana said:

    “badges? badges? we dont need no stinking badges”

  25. #25
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:25 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:20 pm, CarpiJugulum said:
    You all are being a little hard on the man arn’t you.

    Not me! Not this non-chocolate boy. Did you not see his gun.

  26. #26
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:25 pm, dankitti said:

    Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.

  27. #27
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:25 pm, a crapweasel said:

    HAHA! That’s right I’m really the man behind all those shootings after Mardi Gras.

    That’s what that picture says to me of Ray Nagin.

  28. #28
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:25 pm, ajmontana said:

    and on a good note….
    “these will come in handy if code pink shows up in our city!”

  29. #29
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:28 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    OT:

    I am much more stoopider for just watching BillO talk about Berkley.

    Dakine will be happy to know that.

  30. #30
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:30 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    My tie? You makin fun of my tie?

    I took this suit for the people too. They need to look poor in order to get more funds for me.

  31. #31
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:32 pm, ajmontana said:

    I’m bettin the dipstick tool of a mayor kept one for himself.

  32. #32
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:32 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    See that casket behind me? You want to end up like him?

  33. #33
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:34 pm, ajmontana said:

    thanks michelle or rick you can delete my responce to that comment also please I wouldnt want soaper mad at me…. #30.

  34. #34
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:35 pm, ajmontana said:

    nevermind.. :) ty

  35. #35
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:35 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    Naw – I saw it. It’s all good (well except that comment).

  36. #36
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:37 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    …hahahaha – you may be right. My IQ may be lower that the caliber of this thing.

  37. #37
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:40 pm, ajmontana said:

    You would probably be safe, that nimrod couldnt figure out how to use the thing.

  38. #38
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm, Lindsay said:

    Nagin “keeps the New Orleans brand out there.”
    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3468385

  39. #39
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm, CarpiJugulum said:

    On my soap, if you couldn’t tell I was being a little sarcastic on the S.O.B.

  40. #40
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm, ajmontana said:

    I wish they would issue 9 of those to the Angels when we face the Red Sox this season. 8)

  41. #41
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:43 pm, ajmontana said:

    lol, the Cubbie’s already have em!

  42. #42
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:44 pm, d1carter said:

    Assault with a deadly weapon….

  43. #43
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:47 pm, zorro said:

    One thing is for sure, he doesn’t know safe gun handling. Never ever point a gun at anyone unless you’re at war.

    Now the caption…
    “…then the city council said they wanted to cut my pay…”

  44. #44
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:50 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:41 pm, CarpiJugulum said:
    On my soap, if you couldn’t tell I was being a little sarcastic on the S.O.B.

    Yup, me too! ;)

  45. #45
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:54 pm, behiker said:

    Just think… had I actually used those buses to get people out of New Orleans, we never would have been able to sucker the whities out of all that money to get these fun toys!

  46. #46
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:55 pm, capitano said:

    Chief: What you got there, Ray?

    Ray: This is my SHTF weapon; when the SHTF you’ll find me under my desk and this gun — it will be over there by the fan.

  47. #47
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:55 pm, SHoward said:

    Go Ahead, bring up those buses one more time….

  48. #48
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:56 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Rollin down the street, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juice…

  49. #49
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:57 pm, Lifeofthemind said:

    Oh Cisco …. Oh Pancho?

    Nah let me think.

    Let’s play Die Hard, I get to be Bruce Willis.

    Let’s play Lethal Weapon, I get to be Mel Gibson.

    (Why hasn’t some mogul put them in a movie together?)

  50. #50
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:58 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    been spending most our lives
    Living in a Gangsta’s Paradise….

  51. #51
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm, stevem said:

    Idiots. Look, I don’t like his politics one bit since he has no clue; and Nagin is showing he does not know the first thing about weapon/firearm safety either.
    He’s breaking two or three out of the four primary rules when handling firearms.
    1 Treat firearms as if they are loaded (failed)
    2 Point the muzzle away from non-targets (failed)
    3 Keep fingers off the trigger (passed)
    4 Be sure of your target—and of what is beyond it (partial fail)
    This is a perfect set-up for a NEGLIGENT discharge that will kill someone quickly.
    Stupid.

  52. #52
    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:59 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Say hello to my little friend!

  53. #53
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:01 pm, ajmontana said:

    “mama always told me life was like a box of chocolate uzi’s.”

  54. #54
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:02 pm, amigoneus said:

    Oompa Oompa Doopety Doo – can’t help but think of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory…

    As far as a quote for the picture –

    “And now we perfect the evil laugh. Wahahahaha. Yes, yes, cock the head back just a leetle. Wahahahahah.”

  55. #55
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:03 pm, Azygos said:

    Sorry, I don’t find this the least bit amusing. He is breaking a cardinal rule of handling a weapon. Never point a weapon at anything you don’t want destroyed. If I was that cop I’d be clubbing him over the head for being stupid. The cop is just as stupid as he is.

  56. #56
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:05 pm, Azygos said:

    stevem,

    my thoughts exactly.

  57. #57
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:05 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Shouldn’t I be holdin this sideways?

  58. #58
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:05 pm, malkin_fan said:

    “All I need now is my T shirt that says nigger on it”

  59. #59
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:06 pm, gunslingerpatriot said:

    Maximum sarc on

    “This is my weapon, there is many like it, but this one is mine!”

    Gysgt Ermey-Private Nagin what is the name of your weapon?

    PVT Nagin-Al Sir!

    Gysgt-Al? jesushchrist-you named it after a guy?

    PVT-”Don’t ask-Don’t tell Sir!

    Gysgt-Where are you from?

    Pvt-Texas Sir!

    Gysgt-Texas? Hell the only thing that comes from Texas is steers and qu***s and since you don’t have any horns-it makes it kind of obvious doesn’t it.

  60. #60
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:07 pm, amigoneus said:

    Not to nitpick (maybe just a little), but can we call them firearms or guns? Weapons just have such MSM negative connotations. As a gun-owner and firm believer in the second amendment, as well as a blackbelt in Karate and Hapkido, anything can be a “weapon.” Anything used to hurt someone else can be a weapon. Just ask Teddy K about his car and running water :) For that matter, you should see what I can so with a pencil :) For real, those suckers can cause major damage!!

  61. #61
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:07 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Maybe now Bush will take me seriously

  62. #62
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:10 pm, The Raging Republican said:
  63. #63
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:11 pm, The Raging Republican said:
  64. #64
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:12 pm, Barry F. said:

    On February 13th, 2008 at 8:06 pm, Tennessee Dave said:

    “Look, I handle a gun just as good as Al Gore.”

    http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/gorevietnam.asp

    Dang! We could have been saved a lot of Gore-type headaches if fate had just intervened in that situation, Dave. ;-)

  65. #65
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:16 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Wow, Mayor or not, if he pointed that thing at me I’d take it away from him…

    For other Nut Cases out there:

    Always treat a firearm as if it’s loaded.

    Never point it at anything you aren’t ready to shoot.

  66. #66
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:17 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Ray Negin, Cop Killer

  67. #67
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:17 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Caption:

    “I found mine at Wal-Mart during Katrina too!”

  68. #68
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “I don’t need no stinkin background check”

  69. #69
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, SirKnob said:

    “Just let one of them G men try and take a look in ‘my’ freezer”

  70. #70
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:18 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “Its just how I roll”

  71. #71
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:22 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “Obama better make me VP”

  72. #72
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:24 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “You damn right!”

  73. #73
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:25 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “I’m gonna get you sucka”

  74. #74
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:26 pm, ajmontana said:

    “Mars Attacks!”

  75. #75
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:29 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “Wassssssuuuuuuup!”

  76. #76
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:36 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    “I survived Katrina and all I got was this NRA membership”

  77. #77
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:41 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    New Orleans – Even the Mayor is strapped!

  78. #78
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:51 pm, Jim M. said:

    This is your Mayor

    This is your Mayor on drugs.

    Any questions?

  79. #79
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:56 pm, TexasTiger said:

    Who brought da akka-haul ‘n tuh-backa? Cos’ I gots da firearms!

  80. #80
    On February 13th, 2008 at 9:59 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    It was a light hearted afternoon with the mayor until someone yelled “Pull!” then all hell broke loose.

  81. #81
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:05 pm, BOB said:

    Another reason why the “N” word can never be retired.

  82. #82
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:08 pm, TexasTiger said:

    The argument against Intelligent Design.

  83. #83
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:12 pm, JamesLee said:

    Always love it when Libs play with things they hate.

    I like my own interpretation of Rule#1: Every gun is ALWAYS loaded. None of that ‘assume’ or ‘treat like.’ If it IS always loaded, there will never be an “accident.”

  84. #84
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:20 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    New Orleans – Bring enough gun!

  85. #85
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, jsr said:

    Guns don’t kill people. Democrats with guns kill people.

  86. #86
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:22 pm, shooter said:

    “The US gobmint and the media, HAH! Just say choclit and they run the other way”

    “They still be blamin’ everything on the civies and Bush,… even all that shootin’.”

    “AND NOW, they be payin us…..

  87. #87
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:28 pm, madchef said:

    Barney, put the bullet back in your pocket.

  88. #88
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:32 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Sadly it didn’t end the way everyone hoped it would.

  89. #89
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:35 pm, Insomniac said:

    You take a black rifle

    Mix it with a chocolate mayor

    And you get a drink that’s kraaazy delicious!

  90. #90
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:42 pm, Ragspierre said:

    “NOLA’s got the highest murder rate ever, man!

    If you don’t get this under control, I’m gonna hose you with my ‘chocolate’ squirter…”

  91. #91
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:43 pm, franksalterego said:

    Just one more reason, as if any more were needed, the Second Amendment is justified.

  92. #92
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:52 pm, southsideironworks said:

    Yo G Dawg, Im a nigga on da trigga…

  93. #93
    On February 13th, 2008 at 10:55 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Welcome to New Orleans, here’s your gun…. enjoy your stay.

  94. #94
    On February 13th, 2008 at 11:01 pm, The Raging Republican said:

    Today Mayor Nagin rolled out his controversial guns for books initiative.

  95. #95
    On February 13th, 2008 at 11:03 pm, Speakup said:

    Man, this is fun, too bad none of our citizens get to defend themselves.

    That guy really put up a fight for this piece but we finally blasted him.

    Only we get to have the gu’uns, only we get to have the gu’uns.

    These sure worked good at the polls didn’t they.

  96. #96
    On February 13th, 2008 at 11:09 pm, radio relay said:

    “Ten minutes after we confiscated this legally owned gun from the law abiding home owner, the looters killed him. Raped his wife. Stole his TV. Then burned the house down… cracked me up!”

  97. #97
    On February 13th, 2008 at 11:50 pm, realitycheck said:

    You’re doing a heckuva job Brownie!

  98. #98
    On February 14th, 2008 at 1:03 am, reff said:

    michelle, and all….

    the picture is a bad image, but, the context is completely misleading. The mayor and the police chief were at a press conference where new weapons for the police department were being shown to the press. Local TV WDSU-Channel 6 pointed this out this evening on the local news.

    While I am not a fan of the mayor, he is being pilloried for this one, and he is in the right….

  99. #99
    On February 14th, 2008 at 1:07 am, right_on said:

    “Next time the racist pigs in the helicopters try to bomb our people with water bottles, we be ready for them, brotha!!”

  100. #100
    On February 14th, 2008 at 1:20 am, radio relay said:

    No Reff, He’s being pilloried for being a hypocrite who feels he can abrogate the Constitution on a whim, and put citizens of the City he is Mayor of at grave risk by illegally taking from them the means to protect themselves. Then he snubs his nose at those same citizens when they want the private property back which he illegally took…

    The guy is a jerk!

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