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Title: NEW ORLEANS: Riley Says He'll Confiscate Weapons If Disaster Strikes, Gun Rights Activists Outraged
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Published: Jun 2, 2006
Author: Jonathan Betz
Post Date: 2006-06-03 11:36:26 by Mind_Virus
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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.
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#1. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
Hopefully if there is anything positive than can come out of the loss of New Orleans, it will be the death of the idea that government wants to help you. The government more often than not, has become the enemy and now they not only want to leave people to die in the filthy flood waters with no assistance - they want them to be at the mercy of looters and other criminals. I don't think this is gonna fly - people saw what happens when the cops run.
"I woke up in the CRAZY HOUSE."
Well said.
No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. – James Madison
A big reason I own guns is because I'll be the judge of whether my life and property is in danger if the socio-political situation unravels, not the government. They have proved over and over to be self serving to the point they would leave people like me vulnerable and endangered by situations like that which existed in New Orleans during the aftermath of the storm. I don't trust the government, not even a little bit, and would protect my tools of safety to the point I wouldn't want to be the cops trying to get them from me. This announcement just shows how little the U.S, Constitution means to the government at any level.
Riley is an idiot and needs to have the cross hairs trianed on his funky ass. 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. Scalise did the right thing. Even the state has no such authority. And if it means the irregular militia must be formed up to protect people when those chicken shit hireling cops fled the city, then the cops will come under the gun for the criminals they are as well.
"To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can ever fight; and never stop fighting." E.E. Cummings
Yep, Riley is a Nazi, but he'll get most of the guns. People are sheeple.
#2. To: mehitable (#1)
Hopefully if there is anything positive than can come out of the loss of New Orleans, it will be the death of the idea that government wants to help you. The government more often than not, has become the enemy and now they not only want to leave people to die in the filthy flood waters with no assistance - they want them to be at the mercy of looters and other criminals. I don't think this is gonna fly - people saw what happens when the cops run.
#3. To: mehitable (#1)
#4. To: Mind_Virus (#0)
“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.
“Your firearm in your home, was the only protection from the criminal element,” said State Representative Steve Scalise.
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Riley Says He'll Confiscate Weapons If Disaster Strikes, Gun Rights Activists Outraged
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