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Police Begin Seizing Guns of Civilians – New York Times By ALEX BERENSON and JOHN M. BRODER
Local police officers began confiscating weapons from civilians in preparation for a forced evacuation of the last
holdouts still living here, as President Bush steeled the nation for the grisly scenes of recovering the dead that will unfold in coming
days.
Police officers and federal law enforcement agents scoured the city carrying assault rifles seeking residents who have holed
up to avoid forcible eviction, as well as those who are still considering evacuating voluntarily to escape the city’s putrid waters.
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Mr. Compass, the police superintendent, said that after a week of near anarchy in the city, no civilians in New
Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms of any kind. “Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons,” he
said.
That order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security guards whom businesses and some wealthy
individuals have hired to protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for private security firms like Blackwater, are
openly carrying M-16s and other assault rifles.
Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards but that the police had
no plans to make them give up their weapons.
York Times By DAVID BROOKS
There may be local resistance to the new arrivals – in Baton Rouge there were three-
hour lines at gun shops as locals armed themselves against the hurricane victims moving to their area – but if there has
ever been a moment when people may open their hearts, this is it.