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Oct. 29, 2012 8:07pm Jason Howerton

Glenn Beck and Cam Edwards Discuss Americans Gun Rights During State of Emergency

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As superstorm Sandy was preparing to pound the Eastern United States, Cam Edwards, of NRA News, joined Glenn Beck on his television program Monday to discuss Americans’ gun rights during a state of emergency.

“You need to know your rights,” Beck said. “This is what happens when people’s rights are trampled in an emergency…Somebody takes advantage of that situation,” he later added.

Beck went on to air part of a news report about a woman who was disarmed and forced from her home during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Patty Konie explained to officers back in 2005 that her home was dry, she had plenty of food and she wanted to stay in her home with her dogs. However, police did not respect her request and forced her to leave. Further, when she revealed to officers that she had an unloaded handgun, officers tackled her to the floor and confiscated the gun — even though it was a legal firearm.

“I said, ‘it’s not even loaded,’ while I dropped it on the floor and they punched me in the face,” Konie says in the video report. “They dragged me out of here. I really thought they were going to kill me. I really did.”

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Edwards said it is important that gun owners know their rights, especially ahead of potential disasters like Hurricane Sandy. In 2006, then-President George W. Bush signed an executive order called the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act that strengthened individual gun rights during a national emergency.

“What that bill did…it basically says to law enforcement across the country, that you cannot violate the rights of American gun owners, even in a state of emergency, you can’t violate federal law, you can’t violate state law,” Edwards said. “If that happens, then the punishment for those law enforcement agencies is a loss in federal funding.”

“What we saw locally was the mayor and police chief in New Orleans saying, you’re not going to be armed,” Edwards added.

The state of Louisiana also passed their own law that specifically forbids law enforcement agencies of disarming law abiding citizens.

So, if you find yourself in the same situation as Patty Konie in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, Edwards said there are a few things you should be mindful of:

“You cooperate, you get the names [of the officers], you get all the information that you can, you hire an attorney and you have that attorney contact the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund,” he said.

Shockingly, some gun owners still have not been reunited with their firearms that were confiscated during Katrina roughly seven years ago, Edwards said.

“The last time I talked to the attorneys that were working with the NRA on the case, there were barrels of firearms that were rusting away in the New Orleans Police Department,” he added. “We had a city in Katrina that decided that law abiding gun owners should be defenseless.”

When deciding whether to travel with your gun during a state of emergency, consider where you will be going. If you are traveling to somewhere like a public shelter, you may not be able to have a firearm, said Edwards. As always, be smart and utilize caution when handling and traveling with your firearm.

In CONTROL, Glenn Beck presents a passionate, fact-based case for guns that reveals why gun control isn’t really about controlling guns at all; it’s about controlling us. Find out more HERE.

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Comments (423)

mrdoogle
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:57pm
Everyone seems to be beating around the bush here…..when they come pounding at your door, your either gonna fall for their phony negotiation talk or your gonna open fire and get as may as you can before they kill
you….YOU MUST HAVE YOUR MIND MADE UP BEFORE IT HAPPENS…….

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- fish2mar
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 9:00am
  I agree. At the first sign of trouble you should have a plan, and immediately initiate it. I would never keep all of my eggs in one basket, and I do the same thing with my firearms. They may get a few, but ONLY the ones I wish to placate them with. The important ones leave Law Enforcement outgunned, and my plans leave them in a tactically unsound situation. A defensive posture will most assuredly lead to defeat.It is time to speak up, and as Napoleon said,”Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand that are silent.”
  
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BlazingPatriot
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:57pm
> > > Do I need to repeat Charlton Heston for the hundredth time???

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Proud Stray Dog
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:54pm
Why do you think after Katrina 33 states passed anti-confiscation laws. Bush merely upheld them.

Glad I moved to a free state that says my gun rights “shall never be called into question”.

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Adobewalls
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:53pm
And sadly I think our founders would already be shooting.

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dopie joe
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:45pm
All you people that have generators to operate your water wells,what are you going to do when you run out of gasoline or the genset breaks and can’t be repaired?You better know how to pull pipe and make a bail,or your gonna get very thirsty.

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vegasbrad
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:42pm
They can try and take my guns but it’s gonna cost them dearly. I will be surrounded by a big pile of brass.

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Netizen Kane
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:35pm
They can try…

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Dedshort
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:25pm
Just have your guns and ammo cached in multiple locations. When they come to the door they can have my old 12 gauge and a 22 revolver. When they leave I will dig out my other weapons, or head to the retreat for the other stash. Buy from individuals, pay only cash. Be prepared on multiple levels.

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Smith357
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:15pm
Molôn Labé!

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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:12pm
The world is run top down by globalists. 7 billion slaves against maybe 300 elite. They are winning. WHY??? What other activity has 300 ever won against 7 billion? The world would be a better place with 300 gone.

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ColdDeadHands
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:59pm
ColdDeadHands says from my cold dead hands!

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oicu814me2
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:57pm
If you think your going to take my gun you must ask your self is taking it worth dying for?? Because keepig my gun is worth dying for.

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Brother Winston Smith
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:56pm
Veteran, economist, doctor, Christian, CONSTITUTIONALIST Ron Paul INTRODUCED LEGISLATION to restore our 2nd Amendment. Obama and Romney are OUTED gun-grabbers.

FAKE-conservative/libertarian Glenn Beck HAD HIS CHANCE TO STAND UP FOR THE CONSTITUTION AND IT’S SECOND AMENDMENT… but he rejected it, to SUPPORT a gun-grabbing PROGRESSIVE.

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the58thstate
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:51pm
if they come to take our weapons then america is over as a nation. they can have the lead first.

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INVISIBLESMITHANDWESSON
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:50pm
I think you should have to have a license NOT to carry!

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- Sparksalot
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 10:33pm
  I like to think licences are an infringement on my rights. I only need one if I wish to carry CONCEALED. Hiding it it kinda like putting on a mask. I dont wear a mask. If I feel carrying it is necessary, everyone will see me coming.
  
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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:23am
  Sparks-
  I think you hit a truth here…..many folks might
  be surprised how many states permit UNCONCEALED
  carry….like it was ‘back in the day’. Many of those
  laws still apply. Exceptions for Govt buildings and banks
  still apply, but they are still out there.
  
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nurseheidi
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:49pm
Did the NO police that took her weapon and punched her do time? Don’t believe so. Been noticing laws mean less and less. Especially to the king of executive orders.

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florida123
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:48pm
Pried from my cold dead hand…………..

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:45pm
In NC It is now against the law for them to.Unless they want them Bullets first.

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Stu D. Baker-Hawk
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:45pm
Those in law enforcement who willfully ignore the Constitution and the rights of We The People, deserve to get whatever comes their way. Nuff said?

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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:40pm
Guns are the blood of revolutions. Your gun is the last defense against freedom you have.

300 elite sniped around the globe for peace or 6 billion slaves die under population control through WW III, starvation, and internment camps thats the choice.

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ChuckJ
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:37pm
The question is not can they take your guns. The question is will local police take your guns? All of the local police I know will not. They will defend a citizen’s rights. They are not your mindless robots that everyone likes to say they are. Your local police for the most part are good men and women who are defending your home town as our soldiers are defending your country.

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- Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:45pm
  The propaganda machine has been very effective to date driving a wedge between gun totters and police using the doctrine of divide and conquor police are being taught to see patriots as gun totting dangers to their work safety. Police are being indocrinated to disarm the public. I disagree with your ideas. Police see gun owners are someone threatehing their safety and must be disarmed maybe even handcuffed.
  
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- Stu D. Baker-Hawk
  Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:49pm
  It’s the rogue members of the police forces who choose to follow the dictates of the unlawful Feds, those are the ones I will be wary of and on guard against.
  
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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:26am
  That’s why, based on surveys taken on our military
  bases back in the 90′s, it won’t be our local guys
  doing it…..they will use UN Blue helmets to get
  the job done, people who have no allegiance to
  your community, town, etc. Kill with impunity.
  
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Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:33pm
Those patriots who defend must be prepared to die for their neighbor’s freedom. Guns are worth dying for. Without guns the playing field is not equal and freedom will be slaughtered.

300 selective limited sniping to cut the head off the dragon and protect freedom or 6 billion dying from war, starvation, and at internment camps under population control. This is the globalist takeover choice for x military patriots to consider.

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DavidintheD
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:29pm
They can pry mine from my cold dead fingers,hopefully after i have reciprocated.

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BlackCrow
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:28pm
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ!

If you do not read Greek, Come and take them! The words of King Leonidas I of Sparta when the Persians demanded he lay down his arms at the battle of Thermopylae.

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Anadara
Posted on October 29, 2012 at 9:27pm
When CIvil authority decides to take away our Second Amendment rights they have, at that point, abdicated that very authority. “The right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” This is obviously a very dangerous line to cross.

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- donkeykong
  Posted on October 30, 2012 at 12:42am
  Civil authority cannot take away that which they
  did not ‘give’. Government never GAVE us the
  2nd amendment – we took it for ourselves, along
  with the rest of the rights we have….
  
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