State of Emergency = No Rights for you
A state of emergency was declared in King, N.C. due to inclement weather resulting in a curfew, alcohol restriction and a ban on the sale or purchase of any type of firearm, ammunition, explosive or any possession of such items off a person’s own premises.
I guess the authorities in N.C. didn’t get the memo that restricting firearms in this way was illegal or perhaps they conveniently forgot. Seems the only people that actually have to follow the law are the ones who live under it rather than those that enforce them. Section of the law passed to prevent such things quoted below.
Section from H.R. 5441 signed by “W” shortly after the Katrina gun confiscation fallout …
SEC. 557. Title VII of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5201) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 706. FIREARMS POLICIES.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION ON CONFISCATION OF FIREARMS.—No officer or employee of the United States (including any member of the uniformed services), or person operating pursuant to or under color of Federal law, or receiving Federal funds, or under control of any Federal official, or providing services to such an officer, employee, or other person, while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, may— …
… ‘‘(3) prohibit possession of any firearm, or promulgate any rule, regulation, or order prohibiting possession of any firearm, in any place or by any person where such possession is not otherwise prohibited by Federal, State, or local law; or …