Should Harrisburg negotiate?

[pfallon]

After Katrina the mayor and the police of New
Orleans went about disarming the law-abiding people
of the city. They gave public safety as the reason.
The only threats to public safety came from the
marauders plundering the city.

While Mayor Nutter and Commissioner Ramsey are not
as draconian as Nagin and the New Orleans police
their head and hearts are in the same place.

On October 4, 2006 President Bush signed into law a
bill introduced by Congressman Bobby Jindal (R-La) and
Senator David Vitter (R-La) prohibiting the confiscation
of guns from lawful citizens after a disaster.

Major Nutter and Commissioner Ramsey have shown no
respect for the state law that governs them. While
they have not gone as far as a massive confiscation
of guns from lawful citizens they are doing what they
can to disarming the people of Philadelphia. Given
the precedent of New Orleans and the penchant of
Philadelphia officials for defying the law of the state
it is fair for us to ask why they should be trusted with
Harrisburg putting the rights of the people in their
hands.