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September 26, 2005NYT vs NOLA Cops: Who's Lying?Regarding the forced and illegal confiscation of firearms from New Orleans residents, Countertop Chronicles raises a very good question. I think it's Mayor Nagin and Police Superintendent Compass. Here's why: The Times reporters didn't say, "according to some police officials, guns were being confiscated,". They had a direct quote, in quotes, from Compass, in the story:
Of course, this brings up a legal point (well, another one) since Louisiana's concealed-carry permit law has been around for a fews years. The difference is, was it in their home (allowed) or did he mean that as they forced the people to leave their homes, they couldn't bring (carry) their weapons with them (we have to assume that few had the required permit). Now, that doesn't mean that the cops should have been able to confiscate the arms, only that they would have forced the people to leave them at home. I'm only bringing this up to play devil's advocate, not because I think there was any real constitutional standing (federal or state wise) that should have led to such a repressive and ill-thought-out step. I suspect that these are the issues, and the lies that will be told in the coming months, that will be heard in court. What a twisted situation authorities create for themselves when they try to invent law on-the-fly or circumnavigate our freedoms and then attempt a cover-up. Comments
What do we expect? The mayor and chief both fell down on the job, and seem to think that trying to ignore it or lying about it takes care of the matter. Posted by: Mark at September 26, 2005 11:36 AMAnd with all the crap flying over this, particularly the video of people handcuffed, the lady being assaulted, etc., can you say 'CYA in a Major Way'? Posted by: Mark at September 26, 2005 11:42 AMIf the NRA hasn't picked a city to hold its conference that was cancelled out of the GFW burg of Colombus in Ohio........then I nominate NEW ORLEANS. Posted by: robert at September 26, 2005 05:54 PMHard to figure out which group might be the bigger liars.....The NOLA crowd or the NYT...tough pick. Posted by: robert at September 26, 2005 05:57 PM"Of course, this brings up a legal point (well, another one) since Louisiana's concealed-carry permit law only went into effect last year." Louisiana became a shall issue state in 1996. Before that it was at the Sheriff's discretion and often quite easy to get a CCW permit in many areas. I received my first CCW permit in Louisiana in 1982. Posted by: XavierBreath at September 26, 2005 11:57 PMThanks -- I had been thinking of MO. I've updated the post to reflect that. Posted by: Jeff Soyer at September 27, 2005 07:43 AMI lived in Louisiana back in the early 1990s and at least at that time it was one of those states where UN-concealed carry was the norm, i.e. you didn't even need a license so long as your firearm was clearly displayed. Of course various cities had laws against that, but most of the state didn't. Posted by: Dean Esmay at September 27, 2005 08:53 AMthe comment input form disappears. Your comments are welcome. You don't need to enter a URL and you don't need a "valid" email address, either. Note though that MT Blacklist is installed to flag suspiciously spam-like strings. Unfortunately, because of the bastard spammers, the strings "google.com" and "yahoo.com" (even in your email address) are currently banned as well. So are strings such as "cialis" (a common spam) which rules out words such as "socialism". Try putting a hyphan in a word like that. By Golly, you're reading an archived post. Click Here to head to the main page and read current stuff...Into science fiction? Check out my group blog novel, Colony: Alchibah. See the reader's guide there for first-timer tips. |
