Topic: Hurricane's a'comin, where's the nearest AR?

[9Shooter]

Lifted from http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/thegunshots/2008/08/whats-selling-i.html :

"We just got a call from Devline Rossell, a charter captain based out of Venice, Louisiana. He was shopping in New Orleans to get some supplies before the arrival of Gustav (currently listed as a tropical storm that has left at least 22 dead in the Caribbean) and reported that the item most in demand was not food, clothing or shelter."

    “I just left a sporting goods store and you would think that the number-one selling item would be plywood or potable water or gasoline right now,” he said. “Apparently it is AR-15s and .223 ammo. I watched at least 20 people buy AR-15s and cases of .223.”

"Can’t say I’m surprised. After the nightmare that was Katrina I think it would be unwise for anyone to assume the state, local or federal government could guarantee his or her personal safety during a natural disaster. Of course, I think it is foolish to assume that under any circumstance."

"The AR buying spree demonstrates that people don’t think of it as an “assault weapon” but rather an arm that is ideally suited for self-defense, which it is. I also suspect that for some of the folks this is their first firearm. Goes to show that not only is there no such thing as an atheist in a foxhole but that there is no such thing as a gun-control advocate in one either."

[MarkinIdaho]

From http://outdoorlife.blogs.com/thegunshots/2008/08/whats-selling-i.html
Can’t say I’m surprised. After the nightmare that was Katrina I think it would be unwise for anyone to assume the state, local or federal government could guarantee his or her personal safety during a natural disaster. Of course, I think it is foolish to assume that under any circumstance.

You are right - and I think there are more and more people preparing for disasters and other assorted "what if's." 

[Norton1]

They better get right - last minute home defense is better than nothing I suppose.

[Hubby_MC]

ya, but is it money well spent there?  :oHow many will get "confiscated" again by the local LE yokels? Instances like that are actually educational for all LE. Hopefully those mistakes will never be repeated but I fear those lesson are never remembered.

[hiredgun30]

i work with a former sheriffs deputy from new orleans.. he told me stories about how voilent it was down there during katrina... he said he heard gunfire every hour of the night.
 he stated its worse ---post katrina.

[slidelock]

NO wasn't exactly upstanding before Katrina either.  It has a high poverty rate, their police force was widely believed to be corrupt and wasn't trusted by its citizens, the school district was bankrupt, as violent crime was decreasing nation wide NO was one of the only major cities seeing an increase. Nagin was elected to "cleanup" the city government .

A few months before Katrina NO police fired over 100 rounds in a neighborhood to see if anyone would call the police, no one did.

[Hubby_MC]

Did he agree with the sheriff Dis-Arming citizens? Did he think that helped? I am sure someone has kept up on the lawsuits but I am fairly confident that they determined it was illegal for them to seize innocent citizens firearms in a blanket manner.