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.
Thanks for the link!
California (NO, that’s not a typo) passed one last year.
I made it, host it and keep it on my homepage. Feel free to use my bandwidth anytime and link to it.
In the past, we had “Civil Defense.” Now we have “Homeland Security.” Do you see?
Sad that a law is even needed.
Thanks for posting it.
For such a law to really be meaningful, it should explicitly state that people who claim to be government officials but try to disarm law-abiding citizens are in fact robbers and should be regarded as such. Make sure the cops and citizenry are aware of that.
Virginia passed one a year or two ago.
Sarcasm recognition impaired, eh...
Sarcasm recognition impaired, eh...
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