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Let Freedom Ring,
Posted on 09/09/2005 8:13:25 AM PDT by 300magnum
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Soldiers and police confiscated guns from homeowners as they went house to house, trying to clear the shattered city of holdouts because of the danger of disease and fire. Police on Friday also marked homes with corpses inside, with plans to return later.
As many as 10,000 people were believed to be stubbornly staying put in the city, despite orders from Mayor Ray Nagin earlier this week to leave or be removed by force. By midmorning, though, there were no immediate reports of anyone being taken out forcibly, police said.
Police are "not going to do that until we absolutely have to. We really don't want to do that at all," Deputy Chief Warren Riley said.
Some residents who had previously refused to leave - whether because they wanted to protect their homes from looters, they did not want to leave their pets behind, or they simply feared the unknown - are now changing their minds and asking to be rescued, police said. "They realize they're not going to this awful situation like the Superdome or the Convention Center," Riley said. "As days go by, it seems less and less likely that we'll have to force anyone."
He added: "I don't know of any incidents where people are being bellingerent."
Police and soldiers seized numerous guns for fear of confrontations with jittery residents who have armed themselves against looters.
"No one will be able to be armed. We are going to take all the weapons," Riley said.
Thomas say forced evacuations would be a mistake.
On Thursday, in the city's well-to-do Lower Garden District, a neighborhood with many antebellum mansions, members of the Oklahoma National Guard seized weapons from the inhabitants of one home. Those who were armed were handcuffed and briefly detained before being let go.
"Walking up and down these streets, you don't want to think about the stuff that you're going to have to do, if somebody's pops out around a corner," said one of the Guardsmen, Chris Montgomery.
Police also went door-to-door checking for bodies or anyone in need of rescue. Houses where corpses were found were marked so that authorities could go back later.
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Let Freedom Ring,
Can you say "Lawsuit"?
Listen to a replay of Tony Snow somehow today; He had a reporter on the scene with the military that were getting shot at (also audio). They got them out though.
http://www.foxnews.com/tonysnow/
That's what I was thinking too.
What Constitution right?
Seizing guns just like jackboots.
Coming to a neighborhood near you anytime Congress gets the urge.
Where are NRA and GOA and Constituional lawyers?
If this were a lefty cause, they'd have their legal shock troops out there.
I know. That's why I think Blanco still hasn't declared mandatory evac and said Nagin was not in authority to do it.
Can you say some people will be shot?
Hide your wepons, the government is coming to protect you.
The feral humans will be armed and those who are trying to guard the last of the earthly possessions won't. What sense does that make? More liberal idiocy. The police are going to find a lot more signature slit throats.
Has Martial Law been officially declared?
Lawyers, schmawyers. What they need is rifles and ammo.
Sufficiently vague that we can't tell whether these corpses were the result of drowning in floodwaters or dehydrating in an attic waiting futilely for rescue while Neroette fiddled.
Can you say "Some people deserve to be shot"?
wonder what liddy thinks about this?
The guy who tackled her should be thrown out without his pension. He ENJOYED tackling her. Sick.
Official: Residents of New Orleans less trusted than those of Baghdad
Yeah - the police are here to help - 10 days after you had to fear for your life!
Now, give me your gun.
Gun-grabbing a--holes.
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