Why isn't the NRA upset about the police/army dis-arming people during Katrina evacuation?

Question

This seems to me, unlike the many arguments for guns guns and more guns, to be a legitimate 2nd Ammendment issue.

But the NRA seems much more concerned with concealed carry laws, "self-defense" and gun ownership deter burglaries... all the things we know, through extensive research to be non-issues in regard to the Constitution.

But what happen in New Orleans is a serious violation of the Constitution, I fear, yet again it is simple hypocricy that the Constitution applies to US not to Them people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5PC7z79-8

Answer 1

THEY ARE THEY WENT TO CORT TO STOP IT IF YOU JOIN THE NRA YOU GET A MAGAZINE EVER MOUTH I GET ONE CALLED AMERICAS 1ST FREEDOM THEY TALK ABOUT KATRINA ALL THE TIME YOU SHOULD GET IT THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN AND TO THE REST OF YOU NO THY WERE NOT TAKING GUNS FROM CRIMINAL THEY WERE LAW BIDING PEOPLE AND NO THE LAW DOESN'T GO AWAY IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY

Answer 2

The NRA has always been pro Law and Order, when the gangs of New Orleans started impeding rescue efforts by shooting at National Guard and Police rescuers they went way outside the law.

How extensive does research need to be to read one paragraph in the Constitution? The founding fathers considered a gun to be as important a tool for everyday life as a shovel or a Axe. Its uses were many, but philosophically they believed that an armed populace made for a more considerate government and could overthrow said government at need.

They never advocated letting armed looters run loose and trample property rights, they would have had them shot, not merely disarmed.

Answer 3

Its done and over. The concealed weapons issue and self defense is a real issue to the membership. They want those rights now.

I would not be suprised to see them bring a law suit or seek congressional legislation to insure what happened in New Orleans is not repeated. But its not the issue of the day - going into an election year it doesn't rally the forces and generate campaign dollars.

Answer 4

well who knows why they do what they do, i like my guns and all, but would never join the nra, they are a confusing bunch of nuts, and i know that is generalizing, but their management really needs to start thinking before they shoot.
as for new orleans..it was declared a state of emergency and martial law, so your constitution goes out the window at that point, so they didn't really have a 2nd amendment right...and if thats fair or right or needs to be done sometimes, well thats another debate i suppose.

Answer 5

I'm no expert or anything but maybe, just maybe, it had something to do with the FACT that people were shooting at medical helicopters, ambulances, rescue personnel, evacuation buses, etc, etc. Martial law precludes Constitutional rights and the NRA knows that. You give up your right to bear arms when you abuse that right.

Answer 6

the people did not stand up for their rights now if one of those "survivors" had told the police they could not have their weapons and they would have shot or killed that person then there would have been a big lawsuit over it but most people who say " they can have my gun when they pry it from my dead fingers" are cowards and when confronted will roll over and play dead. that is the kind of America we live in now days

Answer 7

Because the States was in shock that their city was destroyed in the matter of a week.

Answer 8

99 percent of the ones being disarmed were criminals. NRA does not condone crime or criminal conduct

Answer 9

Sorry buddy, I have no knowledge of this.