Homeland Stupidity is reporting that FEMA was focused on disarming residents of the town of Greensburg, Kansas following the F5 tornado that hit on May 4, 2007. I don’t have any knowledge of the source, but it’s a believable story, at least from my perspective.
FEMA’s mission was to safeguard the property of businesses in the area and offer “low interest” loans to property owners affected. The National Guard was on hand along with the local police, to act as the enforcement mechanism for FEMA, while occasionally hauling debris and garbage out of the city. . . .In the immediate recovery after the storm, FEMA and local police not only worked to find survivors and the dead, but also any firearms in the city. As you pass by houses in Greensburg, you notice that some are spraypainted with how many weapons were recovered from the home. This is central Kansas, a region with extremely high legal gun ownership. Of the over 350 firearms confiscated by police immediately after the storm, only a third have been returned to their owners. FEMA and the police have systematically disarmed the local population, leaving the firepower squarely in control of the state.
Equally as disturbing are reports that offers of help from all over were turned away. Maybe they were just preparing for the President’s tour of the disaster site by helicopter. Wouldn’t want someone taking a pot shot at him.