Residents guard neighborhoods from looters

Denver Rocky Mountain News ^ | September 5, 2005 | Robert Tanner

[perfect stranger]

Foamy the Squirrel is angry.

Some adult language is used.

[coconutt2000]

"It was pandemonium for a couple of nights. We just felt that when they got done with the stores, they'd come to the homes," Hackett says. "When it's not easy pickings, they'll go somewhere else."

Evil gun prevents unnecessary violence.

[Alia]

I love these men! These are the kind of men who settled America, who pioneered America. These are the kind of men who build a civilization out of a wilderness.

[2banana]

The 2nd Amendment - Don't leave home without it...

[claudiustg]

They are the kind of men that Montana is full of!

[blogblogginaway]

City to Offer Free Trips to Las Vegas for Officers

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/05/national/nationalspecial/05vegas.html?ei=5090&en=cc54b8b6ae100f44&ex=1283572800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

[metmom]

It's this kind of man that made America great. Hooray for them.

[popdonnelly]

These are some very brave people.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yep, Charlie Hackett. Just like the old days. Just like the old days...

[plain talk]

Mr. Nagin, who has been demanding more federal assistance for days as his city struggled with despair, death and flooding, said he had asked the Federal Emergency Management Agency to pay for the trips

This guy Nagin is just too much!

[Graybeard58]

I have guns in my home but my state (Illinois) does not recognize the second amendment.

I will protect my home and family by whatever means neccessary and damn the state.

[Arpege92]

LMAO

[Iwo Jima]

In my experience, these are ordinary, run-of-the-mill men.

I'm from Texas.

[Alia]

I used to believe that. Tried to move to Montana in 1994. Almost made it, RE fell into the tank in CA.

Ever since more and more liberals moved into "Babbit" lands, it just kinda killed my desire to live there.

[lstanle]

"These are some very brave people."

They are that. I heard of someone who had a generator and plenty of gas, but after the looting started he was afraid to fire up the generator because he thought the thugs would hear it and come do him harm. Maybe he didn't have a gun.

[claudiustg]

I hear all the time about how liberals are moving here in droves and screwing things up, but my county went something like 67% for Bush last election. Most of my neighbors are heavily armed Republicans. They all hunt.

But it's way too cold in the winter and mosquitoes carry off unlucky children all the time. So, it's probably best to avoid Montana. :^)

[WasDougsLamb]

These kind of men are what decent America is made of. They are making the decision to stay, but they are providing for themselves and don't have thier hand out expecting every one else to do it for them. I wish them luck and will pray for thier safety.

[metmom]

Where I live in NYS there are a lot of armed people. People in this area love to hunt and on the first day of hunting season, some construction sites close down and attendance at school is off.

[claudiustg]

A lady in Missoula wrote into the paper that she was offering a spare room in her house to victims of Katrina. It was the consensus in a local restaurant here that they should go down there, lynch her, and burn her house to the ground.

We report. You decide.