Posted on 09/08/2005 3:40:23 PM PDT by RDTF
Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.
No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.
But that order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security guards whom businesses and some wealthy individuals have hired to protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for private security firms like Blackwater, are openly carrying M-16's and other assault rifles. Mr. Compass said he was aware of the private guards, but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons.
Nearly two weeks after the floods began, New Orleans has turned into an armed camp, patrolled by thousands of local, state, and federal law enforcement officers, as well as National Guard troops and active-duty soldiers. While armed looters roamed unchecked last week, the city is now calm. No arrests were made on Wednesday night or this morning, and police received only 10 calls for service, a police spokesman said.
The city's slow recovery is continuing on other fronts as well, local officials said at a press conference late this morning. Pumping stations are now operating across much of the city, and many taps and fire hydrants have water pressure. Also, tests have shown no evidence of cholera or other dangerous diseases in flooded areas, though health officials have said the waters contain levels of E. coli bacteria and lead 10 times higher than what is considered safe.
Efforts to recover corpses have also started, although only a handful of bodies have been recovered so far.
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Boy what do you say to logic like that.
Unfortunately, our federal gov't set a horrible and unfair precedent in the $1million+ per head pay-off to 9/11 victims & families. Now Katrina victims will be arguing (with justification) that their lives have been torn apart just as much, and there will be quite a few more of them.
Newby jackboot. LOL!
Not sure what is safe, but it might be unsafe under those conditions there until they rid it all of disease.
Some do and power is being rapidly restored across.
LOL, You know it is gonna be a rough thread if the words "confiscating firearms" appear.
Disease in the areas not underwater? This is not OUTBREAK.
I bet he knows you don't need to register guns in the US.
fNC is now spining the story of the old lady SHOWING the empty revolver. They are making it sound like she pointed it.
Earlier in the day they reported they took her to the Superdome then released her. It was assumed she returned home to her pets.
I don't see how they can ORDER people out if they want to stay.
What an ugly, scary portrait that is.
Does your mommy know you are on the internet?
Hey if they are determined to stay then they should be able to. But they're gonna need antibiotics.
Another swipe at provoking civil unrest. This time, those who resist are likely to be middle class working people who have property they want to defend.I hope the media does not portray resitance to the forced evacuation as a race thing -- but if wishes were horses, my house would be full of horse poop.
For my money, the first group that should be forcibly evacuated are the thugs and homeless, but they are not quite the easy targets.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1478552/posts?page=637#637
Ann Coulter on Fox now
Yep. A rough thread. I just had to go back to the 100 posts and figure out why you guys are picking on RDTF. I think you all can cool down now and quit picking on her. She has been politely expressing her opinions and receiving some rather inane flames. I didn't pick up at all that she wanted to defend disarming law abiding citizens.
John, I have a lot of respect for you and your opinions on FR. I think a lot of us are upset that you are not out in front of this. Had you said "I don't know for sure, but I'm finding out; and if this is illegal I'm on my way to court" We would be more reassured about your position. Currently, you seem just a bit lukewarm, here.
I thought the govenor specifically declined to sign off on mandatory/forced evacuations in spite of the mayor wanting them. I'm not sure what law you're accusing them of breaking.
ThanKS! for the ANN ALERT!
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