[Brilliant]

I wonder how many gun battles there will be in Texas after Rita.

[Conservomax]

OLD WEST PING.

[PeterFinn]

The lesson here is that the first thing you need in your home disaster preparedness kit is a firearm and ammunition because you will be on your own after a disaster.

[Roccus]

There's a lot to be said for '.44 Law.'

[Threepwood]

This is wonderful example of why firearms are so handy. When the authorities drop the ball, you may discover that Cain is sometimes your neighbor. Anyway, good to see that people looked after themselves, and stuck together.

[Luke Skyfreeper]

Firearms are indeed extremely useful equipment for free citizens.

[somemoreequalthanothers]

"A police car drove up behind me and saw it happening but he didn't do anything,"

As long as the rules (or lack thereof) apply to both sides, I'm ok with it.

[smonk]

big deal. there were gun battles in the streets of NO before katrina. bullets were just less expensive.

[doorgunner69]

When it comes down to it, you are on your own, and must provide your own security. Here in earthquake country, plenty of ammo is a given. Curious how defensive arms never seem to get mentioned in "official" earthquake kit lists.

Oh, that's right, just dial 911........./sarc

[MattinNJ]

I heard that more deaths in Katrina resulted from violence than drowning.

[NonValueAdded]

Ah, continuing to learn ... hold back some aluminum cans from the recycle bin as part of the emergency kit.

[untenured]

C'mon. None of this happened. A bunch of professors said so.

[dhs12345]

And the Liberals say we shouldn't have the right own firearms? And the Second Amendment is old and antiquated and not needed anymore because the government will protect us?

Yeah, right!

[Wuli]

All these type of reports simply add to the confirmation of the real problem in Louisiana during and after Katrina - horrible local and state leaders and the residue of the "government plantation society".©TomPainter

[David Isaac]

It surely does not speak well for the criminal "justice" system, when the only time that justice is meted out effectively (no parole board will turn these people loose again), is when the authorities are totally absent from the scene. Maybe they should get out of the way more often.

[Disambiguator]

Did y'all see this article from last week?

From San Francisco, no less!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1484191/posts

(link to original: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2005/09/14/cstillwell.DTL )

[CobaltBlue]

I am told that a fair number of bad guys in New Orleans mysteriously drowned. Many with holes in them.