Posted on 06/03/2006 6:04:35 PM PDT by mom4kittys
Riley says he'll confiscate weapons if disaster strikes, gun rights activists outraged
10:29 PM CDT on Friday, June 2, 2006 Jonathan Betz / WWL-TV News Reporter
Gun rights activists were up in arms Friday after New Orleans Police Chief Warren Riley said he would confiscate weapons should disaster strike.
(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Frederick Thomas, from New Orleans, leaves New Orleans Police with his semi-automatic pistol that was confiscated in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on Monday April 17, 2006.
The chief’s comments came after a federal lawsuit forced the city to return hundreds of firearms that were seized in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
In an interview with WWL Radio, Riley said his officers would seize guns from people on the streets if another storm was to hit New Orleans.
“During a circumstance like that, we cannot allow people to walk the street carrying guns…as law enforcement officers we will confiscate the weapon if a person is walking down the street and they may be arrested,” Riley said.
The National Rifle Association sued the city and forced it to return hundreds of guns, after officers seized them during Katrina. Gun rights activists were once again outraged by Riley's comments.
”It’s shocking, there's nothing about a police chief's opinion that gives them a super sized authority to throw the constitution out the window,” said NRA Executive Vice-President Wayne Lapierre.
“God spared a lot of people in this storm, he also spared a lot of violent people who were committing violent crimes with firearms,” one ATF agent said regarding the confiscation of weapons during Katrina.
But gun activists said the move robbed people of their right to protect themselves when chaos ruled the city.
“Your firearm in your home, was the only protection from the criminal element,” said State Representative Steve Scalise.
Chief Riley said Friday that officers would not again enter people’s homes to seize weapons.
During Katrina, state law gave the chief the authority to take guns during an emergency. Since then lawmakers have re-written the law, making it a crime, one they said the chief was threatening to commit.
“He does not have the right to confiscate their firearms, nobody in this country does, that's why we have a 2nd amendment to our constitution,” said Scalise.
Remember this next time someone wants to run a rino for office, they don't worry about the Constitution either.
What they should do is prevent the MSM from coming in after any disaster to spread their lies .... that'd be safer ....
I wonder if Chief Riley was one of those who was "confiscating" payroll checks of the non-existent New Orleans policemen.
/johnny
Confiscated, I thought the operative word for the new Orleans cops was stealing.
So with cops turning the city over to armed hooligans, cops abandoning their posts, cops looting the city, cops no where to be found outside an abandoned Walmart, they are going to seize weapons from homeowners.
The last thing a cop wants, when he's looting, is to run into an armed citizen.
There, fixed.
I offered up that you can tell the gangbangers by their gang initials, they wear them on the backs of their shirts.
It says
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If the citizen is legally licensed to carry, and has their piece properly concealed, what is he gonna do? Frisk them?
That sounds like an invitation to a lot of blue-uniformed funerals...
If I were a LEO, I would refuse to work under that idiot, Riley!
Ding Ding Ding
You have won the understatement of the year award!
Nagin, Blanco, Landrieau and the police chief are dumber than rocks. Another replay of last year? (rolling eyes)
Screw the constitution.
Sort of like Mrs. Clinton saying that when she is in charge she'll have to take monies from working fools to pay for what she thinks is necessary.
Where do they come up with ignorants like these?
“During a circumstance like that, we cannot allow people to walk the street carrying guns…as law enforcement officers we will confiscate the weapon if a person is walking down the street and they may be arrested,” Riley said.
This is pure, illegal caca. When natural disasters strike one of the most effective ways law abiding citizens prevent looting and other crimes is by openly carrying and displaying loaded arms. This creep wants to help the looters.
This is correct...and the logical conclusion that any sane individual would draw from it is that one had damned well be armed to protect one's self, family and property (including survival gear and supplies) from those violent, armed people.
Chief Riley said Friday that officers would not again enter people’s homes to seize weapons.
Mainly because they don't wish to be the main source of attention at the next funeral their family attends.
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