I didn't say you did.
You said ... " People taking food, water, ice ~ life sustaining necessities ~ are not, under Louisiana law "looters"."... then I said ..."They are if they are taking it from another person, and I would suppose that penalty would be death. ( assuming, of course, that the victim was armed and able bodied )"
They are if ... they are if ... they are if ...
Say it outloud a few times. You will eventually get it.
Now, say this, "David and his men"..... the lesson was they broke the Sabbath when they went into the field of grain to eat. However, they needed the food to survive. So, which is more important, the law, or survival?
In this case Louisiana Law is consistent with the moral demands of survival and self-defense. Sorry it does not meet your standards, but maybe you don't care about that business of "Thou shalt not murder" either.
Maybe we ought to get your name and address ~ you are a person to be watched in the future.