Posted on 09/08/2005 3:40:23 PM PDT by RDTF
Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.
No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.
But that order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security guards whom businesses and some wealthy individuals have hired to protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for private security firms like Blackwater, are openly carrying M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons.
Nearly two weeks after the floods began, New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers. While armed looters roamed unchecked last week, the city is now calm. No arrests were made on Wednesday night or this morning, and police received only 10 calls for service, a police spokesman said.
The city's slow recovery is continuing on other fronts as well, local officials said at a press conference late this morning. Pumping stations are now operating across much of the city, and many taps and fire hydrants have water pressure. Also, tests have shown no evidence of cholera or other dangerous diseases in flooded areas, though health officials have said the waters contain levels of E. coli bacteria and lead 10 times higher than what is considered safe.
Efforts to recover corpses have also started, although only a handful of bodies have been recovered so far.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Yeah, but if they had left when they were supposed to, and taken their guns with them at that time, then no issue. Correct? See my point? Those who've remained behind, at this point, are more or less lawless, to an extent. I know I am painting a broad brush stroke but hopefully you can see my point.
I remember that. The Korean storeowners banded together atop their stores and defended it like Fort Apache.
Heroes!!
Strange that nobody seems to know for certain where this confiscation order originated. And where is Mayor Moonbat today? Has he been muzzled? Last I heard, Governor Dingbat was saying the evacuation order might not be legal. Is she commenting on this new development?
But most folks have bugged out. So who are these folks they are showing?
I was responding to the article. I was reporting what I saw on ABC myself.
"But Hilliary lives in Chapaqua!
Ed"
She's a CARPETBAGGER. More then willing to "relocate"
It says rise, not born.
Okay, they'll get paid for their belongings, but what about their stuff? I know of a guy who has a really expensive Blues record collection, it's stored on the 2nd floor, and hence should be safe, but will they just come in and bulldoze his restaurant and house to the ground, and "oh well, your SOOL"?
Ed
Can I plead the fifth ammendment?
The reality is, they know the pros won't give them up. So they don't dare try it on them.
Maybe the problem is that even with the dry areas, what with the overall infrastructure compromised, and few services and businesses operating, they simply want to evac the whole city until they get the mess more sorted out. I will give the benefit of a doubt at this point.
As far as I know, in most of America, permits are not required for the ownership of weapons. Or to exercise any other Constitutional rights.
Me either. Are any of the pro-gun orgs I contribute to doing anything?
:-(
I need to buy a gun.
Please provide proof that Martial Law has been declared. You say it has, right?
lol
It certainly isn't Constitutional but not enough people care for that to matter.
I don't care if they want to evac people. They still have no business taking their guns.
So, if the guns are registered, then the police know their location. Suppose the people at that location have already left. Will the police break in and confiscate the guns "for the public safety"?
And just wot the L is a "legally" registered gun? When is a gun "illegally" registered?
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