Quote Originally Posted by Nicoli
Well that's your own interpretation of the law, but in my opinion that interpretation is overly simplistic and quite bias. (not that I like the government but I do value objective analysis) The fact is that many threats to freedom can originate from within the general population and not just the government. Deterring crime helps maintain socio-economic stability which in turn promotes the existence of a free state or is conducive to the security of a free state. In the case of N.O. All the normal methods of crime prevention essentially failed for a time, and as a result many people in N.O. started acting irrationally and unpredictably. (many turning to crime for multitudinousness reasons) I feel that there were good legitimate reasons for temporarily suspending 2nd amendment rights in N.O. Not only to protect other rights granted by the constitution but to protect our constitution as a whole.
Like I said before, had we not disarmed people in N.O. We as a nation might have faced the prospect of permanent, considerable erosion of our 2nd amendment rights. Those who would demand the Forfeiture of such rights would not be the government, but citizens who would have been outraged by the gun crimes committed during the crisis. (of course itâ??s possible that it wouldnâ??t have ended that badly but would you want to chance it?)
Yes i guess i would chance it.

#2.) a well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bare arms shall not be infringed.

it seems that is pretty simple and self-explanatory.

police as normal, ran for their lives, they are not here to protect the people, there is no way they could, and they know it.
so for the most part they sit in their ward rooms until they feel like going out, and then only enforce what they themselves don't like.
police commit many more gun crimes than the people do, they are just not reported as such.
to live in a country where only police have firearms, can only be called a police state, no matter how safe you believe yourself to be.
the u.s. has so many unenforceable laws, there is too much discretion on the part of an officer that was not hired for intelligence, only for enforcement capabilities and loyalty to the owners.