you seem to be forgetting that those who did “shelter in place” did have weapons to defend themselves, at least till the thug Police AND National Guard came and got them.
Tell that to the Koreans that protected their Store during the Rodney King Riots.
As far as Katrina ... there were many that told the Police and National Guard to take a hike and as a former member of the LAARNG I knew many involved and they busted and or bypassed a bunch of the PD aholes (as well as the Governor).
New Orleans is an evil corrupt 3rd world cesspool... it is where I came from to become TexasTransplant... I predicted much of what would happen before and during Katrina and was nearly banned here for being “RACIST” ... I was about 97% accurate even predicting 9th Ward BS, the Mayor and Governor on the take...
I knew Cold Cash Jackson back when he was on City Council, worked for 3 LA Governors and my Wife worked for Mark Morial who I have also met and shared a stage with... it is a very repressive place, few people stand their ground because the Govt ... City, Parish and State will come down on you HARD and all three were corrupt to the core.
The LAANG on the other hand is made up from folks from places all over Louisiana, not just New Orleans and that is why they are not predictable.
My advice if you find yourself in a place like New Orleans ... MOVE, Now would be a good time, last year better.
I did NOT say NOBODY had weapons. I said many—particularly women— who should have had weapons, didn’t.
And I did clearly say there was a “pitched gun battle in my neighborhood, between neighbors [defending selves and property] and outsiders who came in to loot.”
Reading comprehension. It’s a skill.
NONE of my neighbors had their weapons confiscated. Although there were sporadic news reports of a few confiscations, it simply did not happen in my neighborhood, so insisting that the police and National Guard are all thugs who confiscated everybody’s weapons just is not accurate.
Where I lived, the cops were just gone, and the NG was handing out MREs, smiling and letting the neighbors take pictures of them. One of the Guardsmen was my nephew. He’s not a thug and trust me on this, he has no interest in taking away any citizen’s 2A rights, nor would he obey any order to do so.