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Not exactly surprising news
President Bush has signed the legislation forbidding firearms confiscations during national emergencies (or at least confiscations by any federal agencies or anyone receiving federal funds, which is about every police agency).
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Not surprising, perhaps, but welcome anyway...
Posted by: Doug In Colorado at October 16, 2006 11:21 AM
Local authorities have never let a law stand in the way of their violating the rights of the people.
Look to NO for an example.
tom gunn
Posted by: tom gunn at October 16, 2006 01:18 PM
David,
we're unable to read your webmail.
Posted by: Rick C at October 16, 2006 01:35 PM
It's true that New Orleans police happily took part in the firearms confiscations after Katrina, but so did the National Guard (there's video of them doing just that). IMHO, the Guardsmen who obeyed such orders were obeying illegal orders and should be court-martialed, as should the commanding officer(s).
Posted by: Henry Bowman at October 16, 2006 01:52 PM
By all means, courtmartial the commanders who carried out their orders. I was a unit commander of a national guard in New Mexico when we were ordered to search auto's for firearms after a local courthouse was shot up.
The FBI interviewed me for civil rights violations, even tho I had direct orders from the Adjutant General to carry out the search.
I discovered I had to provide my own defense. I got a Air Guard Attorney (a sharp cookie) who did it pro-bono. He got the Chief of State Police and the Adjutant General on the hook and me off. When you are a Capitan and a 2 star general tells you to do something, should you be courtmartialed?
Posted by: Bob at October 16, 2006 04:08 PM
If the Two-Star tells you to do something that you KNOW is illegal...
Why do you even ask?
Posted by: homebru at October 16, 2006 04:41 PM