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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If you are a convicted Felon or otherwise disqualified from firearms ownership, you cannot be legally required to register a firearm. It violates your 5th Amendment Right to not incriminate yourself....
The area also placing the evacuees on planes and not telling them where they will be going. The often don't know where they are until they land. Just sickening.
Haven't in my 30+ years....and never will. These recent scenes of taking law abiding American citizens from their homes will be etched in my mind forever. Makes me think that this will be the "new" scenario in states across the country when "emergencies" are declared. Except it will happen prior to the mandatory evacuations.
BK...I am sure that Nagin has quite a few wealthy investors ready to "help" clean up NO. We can't forget his previous position with Cox Communications....and those wealthy friends.
Drega went off his nut. A saner man would have shaken the dust off of his shoes and left looney land for good.
I gotta wonder if there is a class warfare subtext here. Police occifers are not usually known for being private multimillionaires and the grudges of 'poor' against 'rich' run high in liberaland.
SO deputize the homeowners!
Hey There;
I'm not there so I was only speaking to the idea of cops coming to take you guns. If for whatever reason they come through my neighborhood doing the same thing I will not fight, rant, rave or throw a fit. I'l smile and hand them a number of guns (all of them basket cases and only fit for the trash can).
This is my primary point.
However, the criminal law of both jurisdictions has been necessarily modified by common law influences and the supremacy of the federal Constitution. Louisiana law is subordinate to the US Constitution. -- As are the laws of every state in the union.
100% Correct.
just as you did as member of the bar. Correct?
I'm sorry I gave you the misapprehension that I was a practicing attorney. I went to law school a long time ago. I'm not a member of any bar...not even the one on the corner. I actually teach American Government in an inner city high school. Been a teacher over 16 years. But thankfully, I'll never get taken on a contract for anything.
And why was that? Could be he just had enough. The same things happening everywhere. Do we need an A-team?
Can you see the connection here?
A New (London) Low (city sues people evicted from own homes for "back rent")
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474257/posts
What are going to do when they come around the second and third times rounding up the guns? Can you bend yourself into a pretzel shape?
Well put!
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
I have a .22 rifle, which would not be much use for defense. I think I'm going to purchase a 12-gauge when I can afford it, though.
"What law did they break? Remaining on their own land?"
You do not "own" your own land. You "buy" the right to USE it in the US. If you doubt me, try not paying your property taxes for a few years.
Doesn't hurt my feelings. I just think that some people are too quick to give up or turn tail.
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