California National Guard Spc. James Richter, Sgt. Leslie Anderson and Spc. Jaleel Brown try to open a gun safe as they search through debris for human remains and valuables to secure on Wembley Court in Larkfield-Wikiup, on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2017. (BETH SCHLANKER/ The Press Democrat)
In general, this would be unconstitutional. Once the gun safe is in the open in the burned-out remains of a destroyed neighborhood, it's an entirely different question. I still don't approve, but it's far less obviously nefarious. This is not the same as disarming people still in their own homes after Hurricane Katrina.