ALPHECCA’S WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF MEDIA GUN COVERAGE is up, and includes some good news for civil rights:

BATON ROUGE — With little debate, the Senate voted 39-0 Monday for a bill that would prohibit police from confiscating firearms of law-abiding citizens in times of emergencies or disasters.

The vote on Senate Bill 93 by Sen. Joe McPherson, D-Woodworth, an outdoors enthusiast and gun-rights advocate, sends the measure to the House for debate.

McPherson filed the bill in response to actions by New Orleans area police who confiscated firearms from evacuees during Hurricane Katrina. He said that the federal and state constitutions recognize the right of citizens to bear arms and that a hurricane or an evacuation from a natural disaster or emergency does not eliminate that right.

The New Orleans gun seizures resulted in a successful lawsuit against the New Orleans authorities, but it’s nice to see the Louisiana legislature responding, too.