Three whole days after the Gestapo New Orleans Police, as joined by other jackbooted thugs hailing from coast to coast gang-raped the Second Amendment, the National Rifle Association rallies to the cause.
I am, and shall continue to be a member of the NRA. That said, I truly wonder how much more impact today's News Release might have had if it had been issued on September 8th, or September 9th?
Monday, September 12, 2005
National Rifle Association leader Wayne LaPierre slammed New Orleans authorities Monday for seizing legal firearms from lawful residents.
"What we’ve seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind of situation where the Second Amendment was intended to allow citizens to protect themselves, " LaPierre said.
What we've seen from the NRA - the breakdown and delay of a forceful and orderly response in the aftermath of tyranny - is exactly the kind of situation where the National Riflemans' Association is counted on to stand up for citizen's unalienable rights as recognized by the Second Amendment. For three days, in the face of an outright onslaught against the Citizens of New Orleans civil rights under the Second Amendment, the NRA laid dormant,or very nearly so.
"When law enforcement isn’t available, Americans turn to the one right that protects all the others - the right to keep and bear arms," LaPierre said. "This attempt to repeal the Second Amendment should be condemned."
Okay, Wyane. Good point. It has been condemned, and that on many fronts and by many people. Further, Compass didn't really try to repeal the Second Amendment. He usurped it! Guess which one is the more onerous offense? In all honesty, if thirty-eight states were to ratify a Congressional Bill of Repeal of the Second Amendment as a Constitutional Amendment, we'd be screwed.
But that won't happen, because there's no way in hell that even fewer than a dozen states would ratify such a piece of legislative excrement, let alone such a turd ever being flushed forth from the halls of Congress.
Chief Compass didn't repeal the Second Amendment. He and his willing statist thugs bent, folded, stapled and mutilated it. And that, just before doing the same to righteous, law abiding citizens who asked nothing more than that the State do it's job, and provide the proteciton their tax dollars had paid for. Or, to get the hell out of their way so they could do it themeselves!
The New York Times reported last Thursday that no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to have guns, quoting the superintendent of police that "only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons."
The Sloop New Dawn reported last Friday that no Statist Thugs in New Orleans or in Galveston will be allowed to take his guns. Quote me here; I meant every word. Law enforcement might take note; I'll decide what's allowed, or not, on my sovereign property. (footnote: fuck the SCOTUS re: Kelo! )
A Louisiana state statute allows the chief law enforcement officer to "regulate possession" of firearms during declared emergencies. "But regulate doesn’t mean confiscate," said Chris W. Cox, the NRA’s chief lobbyist.
Good call, Mr. Cox. Damn shame it took so very many bloggers, letters and other organizations to shake the National Riflemans' Association out of their complacency!
"Authorities are using that statute to do what the looters and criminals could not: disarm the law-abiding citizens of New Orleans trying to protect their homes and families," Cox said.
No, Cox-breath. Authorities are abusing that statute to disarm law-abiding citizens of New Orleans. That's illegal, and ought be aggressively prosecuted as the Official Oppression that it most assuredly is.
Hell, this is a perfect case for the FBI to prosecute as a violation of Civil Rights. C'mon, feebs.... you bust any Joe-street -op for any random offense of being rude to a crook...how bout y'all go after a real offense for a change?
Not that I'm going to hold my breath waiting for such a development. But it should happen, even though the odds of it ever happening are about as good as Ted Kennedy passing a Basic Lifeguard Course.
"The NRA will not stand idly by while guns are confiscated from law-abiding people who’re trying to defend themselves," he said.
The NRA did stand idly by while guns were being confinscated from law abiding citizens who were trying to defend themselves. For three whole days.
Lord only knows how many rights were violated, how many guns confinscated in that seventy-two hour span. Lord only knows, 'cause I damn well assure you, we never will. The New Orelans P.D. will never, ever release those records, even if they made or kept any such records in their jackbooted haste to begin with?
"We’re exploring every legal option available to protect the rights of lawful people in New Orleans," Cox said, "and we’re taking steps to overturn such laws in every state where they exist."
Look, Coxbreath.... every legal option includes the concept of lawful people in New Orleans opening fire on any Oath-Breaking badge carrier who would dare rape the people of their lawful right to keep, bear and employ arms in the defense of their lives and their properites. Have you explored that option, or is that a bit too politically daring for you and your besuited lobbyists?
"Local authorities in New Orleans are turning nature’s assault on human life into man’s assault on human rights," LaPierre said. "Four million NRA members intend to stop this unconstitutional power grab."
Wayne, I can't speak for the four-million fellow NRA members. I can speak only for myself.
It's too late to "stop this unconstitutional power grab".
It has already transpired.
What remains now is to find, indentify, prosecute and punish those embadged tyrants who have usurped the rights of Citizens to keep and bear arms in the effective defense of their lives and homes.
Show me those badges hung on the wall like a pelt, and I'll show you my contiuned support.
I want to see those badges, Wayne.
Show me the steeking badges!
Nice work
quoted and linked
thank you
Posted by: GrampaPinhead | September 13, 2005 at 09:50 AM
Ditto, Gramps.
And the Rivrdog notes that the GOA was all over this from the start, while the NRA huffed and puffed (their peters, most likely).
Posted by: Rivrdog | September 13, 2005 at 12:45 PM
Badges hell. I want hides.
Posted by: og | September 13, 2005 at 01:15 PM
I wrote a pretty indignant letter to the NRA about this very subject yesterday. Today they finally released a statement condemning the confiscations. I guess my opinion carries a lot of weight.
Just kidding. They've pretty well pissed off this life member with their dragging of feet. I'm proud to say that I'm also a member of the GOA who was immediately on top of this situation.
As far as badges (or hides) on the wall. Don't hold your breath. Big Daddy Gubbmint is pretty good at covering the a$$es of it's own. Besides, the Governor of LA and the Mayor of NO are about to come into some serious money with which to buy forgiveness and future votes.
Posted by: Curtis Stone | September 13, 2005 at 02:53 PM
If we can't have some big fish on a legal platter right away let's have an appetizer.
I want the brownshirt asshole who bodyslammed the granny lady, stole her gun then hauled her out of her own home charged. It's really too bad we can't have him publicly flayed alive, but.....oh well.
Posted by: Gerry N. | September 14, 2005 at 11:13 PM