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No one is allowed to be armed. We're going to take all the guns.
http://www.reason.com/hod/dk091005.shtml ^ | September 10, 2005 | Dave Kopel

Posted on 09/13/2005 12:17:14 PM PDT by tjbravo

In the nearly two weeks since Hurricane Katrina, the government of New Orleans has devolved from its traditional status as an elective kleptocracy into something far more dangerous: an anarcho-tyranny that refuses to protect the public from criminals while preventing people from protecting themselves. At the orders of New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, the New Orleans Police, the National Guard, the Oklahoma National Guard, and U.S. Marshals have begun breaking into homes at gunpoint, confiscating their lawfully-owned firearms, and evicting the residents. "No one is allowed to be armed. We're going to take all the guns," says P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; bang; banglist; batf; confiscate; confiscation; constitution; crime; government; gun; irs; news
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1 posted on 09/13/2005 12:17:16 PM PDT by tjbravo
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Wow, this has worked every place it has been tried. Who is behind this sillyness?


2 posted on 09/13/2005 12:18:18 PM PDT by KC_for_Freedom (Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
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To: tjbravo

"Stupid" doesn't begin to describe this move.


3 posted on 09/13/2005 12:18:35 PM PDT by mad puppy ( The Southern border needs to be a MAJOR issue in 2006 and 2008)
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To: tjbravo

Let's see what outcome this has at the polls


4 posted on 09/13/2005 12:18:38 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (confirm Roberts NOW)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Stalin. Saddam. Hitler. Democrats. Brothers of a feather.


5 posted on 09/13/2005 12:19:11 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (All democrats are ENEMIES of the Republic!)
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To: brooklyn dave

Nagin will be named keynote speaker at the next DNC convention.


6 posted on 09/13/2005 12:19:30 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: tjbravo

Is this being reported by any other news outlets? I don't recognize this site.


7 posted on 09/13/2005 12:20:18 PM PDT by Sax
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To: KC_for_Freedom
Who is behind this sillyness?

Let's hope the sheeple don't forget the names once they find out. But a single word suffices to cover all the guilty: Liberals.

8 posted on 09/13/2005 12:20:26 PM PDT by Terriergal (What is the meaning of life?? Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever.)
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To: KC_for_Freedom

Says right there in the article Nagin ordered it. He's probably getting kudos from the libs for this bit of unconstitutional thievery.


9 posted on 09/13/2005 12:20:35 PM PDT by Arkie2 (Mega super duper moose, whine, cheese, series, zot, viking kitties, barf alert!)
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To: tjbravo

there apparently aren't enough people telling them "cold dead hands" and giving these JBTs their guns, bullets first.


10 posted on 09/13/2005 12:20:48 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

And his opening line will be that Republicans hate black people


11 posted on 09/13/2005 12:20:57 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (confirm Roberts NOW)
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To: tjbravo

oh, and has anyone speculated about the lawsuits and possible outcome if said lawsuits hit SCOTUS as it currently sits? could be detrimental to rkba


12 posted on 09/13/2005 12:22:20 PM PDT by absolootezer0 ("My God, why have you forsaken us.. no wait, its the liberals that have forsaken you... my bad")
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To: tjbravo

That order has been recinded. What you won't hear reported is how other officials behind the scenes made it clear "don't go there". All confiscated arms are to be returned; many have been, without explaination given.


13 posted on 09/13/2005 12:23:10 PM PDT by ctdonath2
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To: tjbravo

By what authority does this jackass think he can take away a constitutional right? I think a court order barring this action is in order if there is some poor soul down there that can bring the action in court.

There is no insurrection.

There is no martial law.

There is no police protection.


14 posted on 09/13/2005 12:24:38 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: brooklyn dave
Let's see what outcome this has at the polls

Because of their dopey actions, or inactions, it won't matter. Neither Nagin or Blanco have a chance of being re-elected.

15 posted on 09/13/2005 12:24:54 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: tjbravo
Right-click image and chose "Save Link As"
to download poster in PDF format

16 posted on 09/13/2005 12:25:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
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Doesn't kcufing matter.

You steal something and give it back doesn't undo the act of theft.

Same goes for conspiracy to deprive a citizen of their constitutional rights.

Federal pen for all involved.

Especially those who ordered it.

17 posted on 09/13/2005 12:26:04 PM PDT by George Smiley (This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)
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To: ctdonath2

I read somewhere on FR that Governor Blanco ordered it rescinded.


18 posted on 09/13/2005 12:27:14 PM PDT by Sam Cree (absolute reality)
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To: ctdonath2
Can you provide links to the actual order, and the recission?

I can find Compass making stupid statements, but actual links, so far, no.

19 posted on 09/13/2005 12:27:16 PM PDT by George Smiley (This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)
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To: Cobra64

Praise the Lawd


20 posted on 09/13/2005 12:28:31 PM PDT by brooklyn dave (confirm Roberts NOW)
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