[stompk]

speaking of this, I understand that N.O. was ordered to give the guns they confiscated back. .. . ha anyone heard anything about whether they have ?

[SkyPilot]

I was working with the staff of Gen Russel Honore when his order came out to all Title 10 US Forces:

"No DoD soldier or civilian will take part in the forced evacuation of US citizens from their homes. Period. Over!"

The New Orleans Police made up their own rules.

[T.L.Sink]

Aside from the outrageous and illegal confiscation there's another lesson to be learned. I went through two of the worst hurricanes we had here in FL (where any law-abiding citizen can possess firearms and we also have right-to-carry) and from my own personal direct experience I can tell you a story illustrating why legal gun possession makes all the difference --- even between life and death.

[tpaine]

The law is the law, the Constitution is the Constitution. If ONE local mayor or police chief can decide what the Second Amendment means, it opens the door to tyranny—where ANY mayor or police chief can say what the Second Amendment means.

According to a very vocal minority on FR:
The law [the 2nd] is NOT the 'law of the land', and the Constitution's BOR's only applies to the Feds.

Local majorities can indeed decide what the Second Amendment means, even if it opens the door to tyranny...

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The Federal Justice System should have jumped on this with both feet, had it not been for the NRA the whole stinking mess would have been ignored.

[TigersEye]

I'm not at all shocked. A friend showed me what the left was up to re guns around 1980.