Gun and Property rights issues in the aftermath of Katrina .(please watch video clip), page 3

The most alarming aspect of this whole situation for me is not only how easily Americans gave up their land and their fire arms but how many people fail to see the modern relevancy of "anitquated" rights such as the 2nd Ammendment. Granted, people who are not American citizens are not expected to know and understand our Constitution but it is unacceptable for American citizens to consider constitutional infrigements as unimprotant. It seems the prevalent opinion in reagrds to actions such as those taken against the elderly women is that they are justified because she had a gun and refused direct police orders. I am shocked to have to say this is not the case. The legality of an action is relative, obviously firing upon a police officer when in a situation such as the old woman found herself in is considered illegal. But legality and constitutionality are two different things. Laws are created by the government under the guise of protecting the citizenry when in reality they tend to serve those in charge. Our Constitutional rights are the very foundation of our country and is meant to ensure the longevity of the American people even in the face of armed confrontation with the government. Our nation was created not with the continuance of government in mind but the continuation of the very beliefs that led to the creation of this country. More over it was the wish of our founding fathers that we, as the free people of this nation, oppose the government when even a minor infringement is perpetrated.

I think the major stumbling block for most people is understanding that the government of the United States of America and the country of America are two very different and sometimes opposing things. We the people are the country, we created the government to serve the people and they are without power if not for our complaince. It is when the government ceases to serve the people that we must revoke our compliance. Our founding fathers wouldn't have had it any other way and that is the origin of our 2nd Ammendment right. Here in America we have the right to oppose the government, but it is the 2nd Ammendment that gives us the power to do so. We must not forget that in a tyrannical government anything that threatens the power of those in charge will be deemed illegal and that may include the ownership of a firearm, the propegation of "Un-American hate speech", the illegal occupation of "government land" which once was your home, and above all else, refusal to comply with orders. The American Judicial System was created by the people to create a safe, fair, and logical system by which we can punish those convicted of a crime against the community. When the government uses our legal system to justify grossly unconstitutional actions against it's own citizens it is time that we refuse to recognize the validity of such laws. The only law that we should recognize is that of the constitution and no law or executive order has the power to over ride the constitution.

We must seek to understand what is transpiring in New Orleans within the context of the aftermath of Katrina. New Orleans has been virtually destroyed, infrastructure is gone and the local government has run away. New Orleans has been abbandonned and there for it can be considered to be no longer under the control of the federal government as it was prior to Katrina. The only government in many areas of New Orleans are the citizens who stayed and survived and the power to govern their lands rests in the power of their fire arms. I am of the belief that the federal government is re-conquering New Orleans hence why it is being considered a "combat operation" against "insurgents". The people of New Orleans are no longer citizens of the federal government in the same way you and I are. By the power of default the people of New Orleans have become their own government, in a way, freer than any American has been in a while. The disarming and taking back of New Orleans is very much a combat operation, the only difference between this and Iraq being that the Iraqis didn't willingly turn over their land and arms. The Federal American Government has lost New Orleans, it is no longer a part of their sphere of influence, I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that it was a storm and not another country that took New Orleans.