Actually I was thinking of the days-long delay in sending in rescue because "people are shooting at us." I actually believe the accounts that say that a lot of the people shooting off guns were trying to attract attention, personally, but yes, that was the excuse at the time. There were also scattered reports of carjackings and the like, but I can see those as Nick's crimes of desperation.
Still need a reference? > Now I missed most of the news coverage during that time. Having to > rely on generators either powering the fridge or the TV makes those > decisions easy. > > Can you provide references for guns causing problems in New Orleans? > The biggest problem I remember was looting (both by the hoodlums and > the cops). There were isolated instances of gun related problems, but > not many of the problems i remember hearing about were gun related. > > On a side note, I no longer keep a firearm. PTSD and firearms don't > mix too well. > > Also, I'm trying to have my pistol restored. It spent 2 weeks under > water in Arabi. It was a 90 year old M1911 .45 caliber pistol. I > spent nearly $2000 restoring it in 1987 when I bought it. > > >> to keep a gun in case Armegeddon or Hurricane Katrina happens, but > >didn't > >> guns in New Orleans do more harm than good? THIS part Nick may not >agree ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:230436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
