NRA Dupes Do Not Realize - It Is The GOP Who Will Take Their Guns In The End - If

[TheMastersNemesis]

they get full power and can do what they want. All people have to do is remember hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. It was during the Bush administration when citizens were disarmed in New Orleans by Blackwater. And it was the police who were assaulting unarmed civilians.

Once the GOP does not need these bigoted goons, they will take their weapons. They are useful fools right now.

[blm]

1. Right now they're fighting FOR the corporations who want complete control of government.

I would like for them to think long and hard and name those corporations who are comfortable with firearms being carried throughout their office buildings, and who they would trust to not replace government tax system with 'fees' and 'added interest' charges directed at consumers.

[Soundman]

2. The tools of the right

Have been played so many times they should be named after musical instruments.

[ladjf]

3. Being played doesn't qualify for status as a musical instrument. nt

[Soundman]

21. They are well tuned and predictable. n/t.

[randr]

4. Right now it is 4 million NRA members against

70 million gun owners who mostly want gun controls and the other 270 million Americans who are sick and tired of the bull shit. Each incident, and there will be more, will incite American's against guns. It is the rabid stance of the NRA that is the greatest threat to the majority of gun owners.

[aikoaiko]

5. It was local police who gave the order

This guy.... now former New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass...did it.
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Confiscation of civilian firearms
Controversy arose over a September 8 city-wide order by New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass to local police, U.S. Army National Guard soldiers, and Deputy U.S. Marshals to confiscate all civilian-held firearms. "No one will be able to be armed," Compass said. "Guns will be taken. Only law enforcement will be allowed to have guns." Seizures were carried out without warrant, and in some cases with excessive force; one instance captured on film involved 58 year old New Orleans resident Patricia Konie. Konie stayed behind, in her well provisioned home, and had an old revolver for protection. A group of police entered the house, and when she refused to surrender her revolver, she was tackled and it was removed by force. Konie's shoulder was fractured, and she was taken into police custody for failing to surrender her firearm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_government_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina

But yes there are those on the right who wish to undermine civil liberties.

[hack89]

6. It was the New Orleans police under a Democratic mayor that confiscated guns

NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 - Waters were receding across this flood-beaten city today as police officers began confiscating weapons, including legally registered firearms, from civilians in preparation for a mass forced evacuation of the residents still living here.

No civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns or other firearms, said P. Edwin Compass III, the superintendent of police. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/national/nationalspecial/08cnd-storm.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

Do you have links to stories about Blackwater confiscating guns?

[RZM]

7. What are these links you speak of?

Links are not the OP's strong suit, to say the least.

[Robb]

17. Oh, please. Can you tell us the last time NOLA had a *Republican* mayor?

That's like saying everyone with an Australian accent can throw a knife 50 feet and stick it into a tree.

[hack89]

19. Just pointing out that it was not Blackwater nor the GOP. nt

[Paladin]

8. Now, Now. Don't Spoil Our Resident Gun Enthusiasts' Fun.

If they aren't able to constantly trash Democrats, they get surly.....

[Erose999]

9. The GOP can rob them without worrying about their guns. Hell the GOP connected gun lobby is racking

up. The more guns and ammunition these fuckheads buy, the more $$$ goes into the RNC's coffers. I was at Academy Sports the other day and the gun section was like an East German bread line. Angry, angry white people waiting in a long line and lots of empty shelves.

[TheMastersNemesis]

11. The Guns Fetish Is Being Driven By The Meme "Obama Is Turning The Country Over To Blacks

and minorities. He's giving the takers all your money. So you need guns to get rid of the evil government run by Obama. Meanwhile GOP billionaires are stealing your shorts and sending all YOUR jobs jobs overseas.

The NRA push is about creating paranoia and egging people to think they need to overthrow the 'Librul athiest government".

[Erose999]

12. Indeed, the GOP will have everyone working in a Chinese-style labor camp before long, and the gun

nuts will be all the happier for it, as long as they can still keeps the precious.

[hughee99]

13. Yes, the easiest time to rob someone is when they feel safe,

the GOP will gladly hand them a gun (to make them FEEL safe) and pick their pockets at the same time.

[Erose999]

10. I think race had a lot to go with confiscation of firearms post-Katrina. The NRA supported many gun

control measures in the days of the Black Panthers.

[hughee99]

14. I'm sure it did. Just ask the police chief that gave the order (pictured above),

or the Mayor that approved it.

[Erose999]

16. The opposition from the NRA and the gun nuts was nowhere to be found though. Imagine if a hurricane

hit the Outer Banks or some of the affluent White communities on the East Coast and they tried to institute gun control like they did in New Orleans.

[hughee99]

18. You were suggesting that the reason for the ban was racism.

The NRA had absolutely nothing to do with the ban. The ban was instituted by the police chief and mayor. The every member of the NRA might be the biggest racist you ever met but that has exactly ZERO to do with the ban.

[Dreamer Tatum]

15. That makes zero sense nt

[RandiFan1290]

20. Wasn't Blackwater

but it was the police and National Guard.

Where were all the tough militia groups? Where were all the brave gunners? Where was George Bush? We always hear that they are ready to fight for gun rights but they all hid when people were being disarmed in Louisiana.

Chicken shits all! Tough talk then hide when the shit hits the fan