[RKBA Democrat]

"Shep just said he was told by another FOX correspondent that citizens were seen walking around NO with AK 47's"

And how is it that "citizens walking with around with AK-47s" is a problem? I would think that a natural disaster with looting would be about the time people would want to do that.

[nicmarlo]

guess it all depends on which "citizens" have the AK-47's

[Pearls Before Swine]

And how is it that "citizens walking with around with AK-47s" is a problem?

Because in our relatively disarmed society, the guys most likely to have the AK47's weren't normal CCW people, but criminals or near-criminals who had looted them and acquired an armed advantage over the law-abiding. Its an out of balance situation. These aren't Koreans defending their stores in CA. These are gangbangers and released jailbirds.

If the predominant carriers of the AK-47s (semi, no doubt) were normal citizens, law and order would be a lot better than it is now.

[Arizona Carolyn]

The guys with the AK47's ARE doing the looting. Last night they attacked and attempted to shoot-up the first precient station (Bourbon Street Station)... the police are afraid of these people, the news people are afraid of these people, the administrators of the hospitals they were trying to break into last night are afraid of them, they took innocent citizens prisoners in home invasions last night and robbed them before going to their next victims...

This has nothing to do with gun rights, this has to do with a huge criminal element that exists in New Orleans proper. Most of these guys are probably drug addicts and if they haven't found drugs by now, will get even more violet as they start withdrawals.