Somebody help me out here...were the cops taking guns from people by force or coercion, or were they collecting them (sans owner) in houses they raided looking for survivors?
As usual, a zany court ruling, too little, too late.
They were finding armed survivors in their homes and taking their guns and then forcing them to evacuate.
the cops taking guns from people by force!
From the reports that I have seen, the cops and the military were taking the weapons from houses that were empty, while the houses were being searched for bodies and survivors. That does not mean that they have been frisking the people that remained to relive them of the weapons that they had on their persons.
A gun-grab is a gun-grab, no matter how it's done. When a law enforcement agency seizes firearms from law-abiding firearms owners, and the chief of police announces that no one but police will be allowed to have guns, I call that a gun-grab in direct violation of the Second Amendment. Chief Compass needs to be hit up the side of the head with a copy of the United States Constitution.