I've previously mentioned a time or two about how I believe government has gone way out of control in response to Katrina. I've specifically mentioned how severely wrong it is to remove basic rights of people because of flooding. Finally, there's at least one federal court that is actually attempting to slow the tyrants.

I haven't seen any news stories about this in the major media outlets -- and I'm not really surprised -- this is one way a media bias can be shown, by not covering certain news items and events. The Washington Times does have the story.

In a recap, the government in New Orleans decided that they wanted to take all guns from all private citizens, rendering the second amendment null and void. The NRA finally got off their collective rears and screamed in federal court. The U.S. District Court for Eastern Louisiana agreed and issued a retraining order to stop authorities from stealing private citizens' weapons on a whim.

There really is no excuse for taking weapons from houses that are locked up, or ones in which the person is actively defending themselves from looters. This stealing of weapons by the government is like the police walking up to a fight between a homeowner and a looter and trying to take the guns away from the homeowner.

People, police are not responsible for your individual safety -- courts have ruled that way again and again. YOU are responsible for your safety -- the police are responsible for general public safety and are charged with responding AFTER lawbreaking, not before. You need to protect yourself, you are responsibly for yourself, and you should have the tools to do so. Thanks to this federal court, the people in Louisiana do...at least for now.

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Posted by: Ogre at 09:23 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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