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Bill would prohibit gun confiscation in Wyoming
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| January 31, 2008
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Posted on 02/04/2008 8:57:22 PM PST by neverdem
Associated Press
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - The memory of Louisiana police confiscating guns from waterlogged citizens in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina a few years ago has some Wyoming legislators anxious to make sure nothing similar ever happens here.
A proposed Wyoming bill would change the state's Homeland Security laws. It would spell out that the governor and other officials don't have authority to confiscate guns from law-abiding citizens in the event of natural disasters or terrorist attacks.
The National Rifle Association has pushed similar legislation around the country following Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans and the surrounding area in August 2005.
Lyman Republican Representative Allen Jaggi is the main sponsor of the Wyoming legislation. He says he was inspired to write the bill after talking with a Louisiana lawmaker at a conference who told him about the gun confiscation there.
Jaggi said his legislation isn't intended to voice a lack of confidence in any particular Wyoming officials.
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: banglist; katrina; nationalrifleassn
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posted on
02/04/2008 8:57:25 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: archy
BANG!
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:00:07 PM PST
by
neverdem
(I have to hope for a brokered GOP Convention. It can't get any worse.)
To: neverdem
Smart move.
Without it, the gov’t could always declare/create an ‘emergency”
3
posted on
02/04/2008 9:00:13 PM PST
by
maine-iac7
(",,,but you can't fool all of the people all the time" LINCOLN)
To: Joe Brower
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:01:41 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: neverdem
Well how’s that for foresight? If, in the off chance Wyoming ever gets hit with a hurricane, the residents will remained armed. Brilliant!
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:03:06 PM PST
by
Rudder
To: neverdem
The main reason gun confiscation in Wyoming is a very, very bad idea:
Wyomingites are better armed and better shots than the average gun grabber.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:03:32 PM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: maine-iac7
I agree. More states should assert their rights like this. States that protect their citizenry become a more desireable place to live, thereby creating growth and prosperity.
To: maine-iac7; archy
I wonder how many states have passed a bill like this already.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:04:45 PM PST
by
B4Ranch
((Just remember...if the world didn't suck, we'd all fall off. ))
To: maine-iac7
Without it, the govt could always declare/create an emergency I'm happy for the bill but the government will always declare it can be overridden on a national security basis or similar.
When they try to confiscate guns, the government becomes every bit the enemy of the people as the worst terrorist.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:05:15 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurtureā¢)
To: neverdem
They should show the film of the police invading an elderly woman’s home because she refused to evacuate, throwing her to the ground and taking her weapon. It is a pretty powerful film piece. I wonder what ever happened to the California Highway Patrolman that threw her to the ground.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:05:49 PM PST
by
NY Attitude
(You are responsible for your safety until the arrival of Law Enforcement Officers!)
To: neverdem
I made this during the Katrina debacle to remind us all of the violations.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:05:57 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: neverdem
After this election, let’s all move up to Wyoming and secede. The Republic of Freeperyoming.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:06:38 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: neverdem
The Louisiana government confiscated guns from the people of Louisiana to punish those insufficiently affluent to hire private armed security forces, exempt from the confiscation. They did so only because the ruins of the City of New Orleans then lay solely within international waters and therefore somehow temporarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States of America, famed for its Second Amendment guarantee against infringement of the right of the People to keep and bear arms. Louisiana authorities alternatively might reason that those among the people insufficiently wealthy to hire private security forces did not qualify as full legal free persons, a bizarre legal status akin to that of Dred Scott and Jane Roe’s baby.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:07:49 PM PST
by
dufekin
(Name the leader of our enemy: Islamic Republic of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, terrorist dictator)
To: B4Ranch
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:08:41 PM PST
by
BBell
To: steve86
“I’m happy for the bill but the government will always declare it can be overridden on a national security basis or similar.”
I suppose they could try.....(:
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:09:58 PM PST
by
egginanest
( We don't know what we want, but we are ready to bite somebody to get it. -Will Rogers-)
To: neverdem
Any who come to disarm you under order of law are nothing more than an armed thieves.
Respond to them accordingly.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:11:07 PM PST
by
Dr.Zoidberg
(Mohammedanism - Bringing you only the best of the 6th century for fourteen hundred years.)
To: neverdem
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:13:30 PM PST
by
South40
(Amnesty is a slap in the face to the USBP!)
To: Rastus
Funny. I was thinking something along those lines. Wonder how their govt. compares to Texas’ bunch of RINOs.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:13:59 PM PST
by
TheZMan
(I'm going to write my own name on the ballot. Screw the current crop of "conservatives".)
To: dufekin
"They did so only because the ruins of the City of New Orleans then lay solely within international waters and therefore somehow temporarily outside the territorial jurisdiction of the United States of America, famed for its Second Amendment guarantee against infringement of the right of the People to keep and bear arms." That argument doesn't hold "water". If you check my video in post 11 above, you will see dry streets where the confiscations, stand offs and arrests are being conducted.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:14:14 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: NY Attitude
"They should show the film of the police invading an elderly womans home..." I have it in my video in post 11.
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posted on
02/04/2008 9:26:03 PM PST
by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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