Hurricane relief

Rick wrote:
You mean the gunmen who were shooting at the folks trying to fix the levee?
My brother might be down there helping out (not as a contractor), and if
he's there with someone shooting at him, I hope the police shoot the
shooters first.

Shooting back in self-defense is one thing.

Following the request from the Louisiana Governor[0][1] and "shooting to
kill" is another. What the hell happened to due process? Without due
process, there is no "rule of law".

Maybe the solution would be to completely eliminate all law enforcement of
any kind, which would take care of the problems you're concerned about.

No, the constitution must followed. Looters should be arrested as per
established procedure, read their rights, and tried for the crime that
they are alleged to have committed.

The rule of law cannot exist if the government gives up on due process
and starts "shooting to kill"[0]. The National Guard doesn't have any
authority to go around the constitution -- especially since every member
is sworn to defend the constitution. If the government doesn't hold up
it's end of the constitutional bargain, then this country stands for
nothing.

-Luke


[0]
http://today.reuters.com/investing/f...TRINA-KILL.XML
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/weather_k...kxBHNlYwN0bQ--
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Govern...r_ho_0901.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...9/s1451906.htm
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...763266,00.html
http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/09/02...-violence.html


[1] Sorry I mis-attributed the quote. Sounds like a Bushism, but Google
says that it isn't.