"House OKs ban on taking guns during disaster"

WASHINGTON -- The House voted 402-23 on Tuesday for legislation to bar federal officials or local law enforcement agents that get federal money from confiscating legally owned firearms during a natural disaster.

The bill's sponsor, Rep. Bobby Jindal, R-Kenner, said he wants to avoid a repeat of occurrences during Hurricane Katrina when he said he heard dozens of reports about guns being taken from law-abiding citizens. . . .

The Senate will either have to pass the Jindal bill, or the House and Senate would have to add identical language to another bill, such as the homeland security bill, for the measure to be sent to President Bush for his signature. . . .