Louisiana State Representative Steve Scalise, R-Metairie is pushing a resolution that calls for the government to give hurricane victims their guns back, and plans to introduce legislation to remove the emergency powers statute that "authorized" gun seizures during a crisis.

Citing a 36-year-old state law that conflicts with the Louisiana and U.S. constitutions, law officers seized weapons from hurricane victims, particularly in the New Orleans area. Although a court has ordered the return of the weapons, some people haven't gotten back their guns, Scalise said Wednesday.

"I don't think it's good policy that we keep this on the books, but the session did not allow us to address that," he told the House Criminal Justice Committee.

"I brought a resolution to at least bring it to people's attention that this is something we want to state, as a matter of public policy, that we don't agree with that law. We also want to repeal that law. And I (will) have a bill to (do) that in the next special session or, at the latest, in March."