Government, of course, as usual, has things exactly Bizarro-World backwards. It's when the security of a free state is imperiled that the right of the people to keep and bear arms is most necessary. [More]Today's Gun Rights Examiner column looks at an immediate choice confronting gun owners where they can see for themselves how serious they are about personally claiming their rights.
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Permits and purpose don't matter to the state government, says Grassroots North Carolina. Target shooting, self-defense open or concealed carry, hunting. For the duration, it's a misdemeanor, and we know misdemeanors can lose you your gun PRIVILEGES for a long time these days.
If you're in the mandatory evacuation zone, when you get home, neither your home NOR your guns might be there.
My few guns will be the FIRST thing I take out of the house in a disaster.
No more free Katrinas, we say. If I hear of any abuses, it's a short drive south. Those who think I'm just a keyboard commando, guess again. If it were me being leaned on, I'd want others to stand up for me. This edict is abuse enough. Grassroots NC suggests that NC residents make BIG changes in the coming elections.
Seems to me that the citizens had better remember NOLA, and warn the cops that there will be no "gun-free" zones, or there will be war.
I've now read and experienced enough to say that, in comparison to the other southeastern states, the Carolinas are surprisingly more anti-gun. They're still leaps and bounds ahead of states like NY or CA, of course. For example, in South Carolina I was threatened with arrest on a traffic stop because even though I had a valid Florida CCW, which was good in SC, the gun had to be either on my person or in the glovebox and not in a bag on the front seat! How retarded is that?!
If anyone is prosecuted under this NC emergency law, I think a dismissal or lawsuit could hopefully be won. It's just too stupid and outrageous to stand.
Citizens of King County NC talk about curfews, bans when mayor declares a snow emergency in February 2010. In this town, the roads were passable and the lights were on. Didn't matter.
http://www.prisonplanet.com/gun-confiscation-in-response-to-hurricane-earl.html
Provides context. OF COURSE the government wants all the guns in the homes. Then they know where to pick them up.
I haven't seen any reports of such in connection with Earl. I better not.
Grassroots North Carolina update (sorry for length; didn't see a link):
PERDUE'S LIE
Gov. Perdue's office has been issuing various denials to input about the gun ban implications of the SoE, but the most blatant misstatement is this:
"Thank you for contacting the Office of the Governor. After checking with legal counsel, we are pleased to inform you that THE CURRENT STATE OF EMERGENCY WAS WRITTEN IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE RIGHTS OF NC GUN OWNERS ARE NOT INFRINGED UPON. . However, local
authorities still have the authority to establish states of emergency within their jurisdictions that may impact your right to carry weapons."
THE TRUTH
From GRNC legal counsel Ed Green:
"On Sept. 1, 2010, Governor Perdue issued Executive Order No. 62
declaring "that a state of emergency exists in the State due to the approach of Hurricane Earl." Nothing in EO 62 mentions gun owners or the possession of guns in any way. Nothing in EO 62 purports to suspend the operation of any NC law.
"NCGS § 14-288.7 clearly and unambiguously forbids the possession of any firearm off one s premises during any declared State of Emergency, with exceptions only for law enforcement and military in the course of their duties. Under NC law, whenever a State of Emergency is declared, no citizen may possess any gun outside of their home.
"Even if EO 62 were worded (or amended) to expressly permit the
possession of firearms, the governor has no constitutional or
statutory authority to suspend the effect or enforcement of a valid NC
criminal law. Once she declared a State of Emergency, Gov. Perdue
legally disarmed all NC civilians outside their own homes, including
the thousands of otherwise legally licensed hunters expected to take
to the fields for the opening of Dove season at noon Saturday."
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