New Yorkers Arm Themselves

Speaking of disaster prep and self reliance:

Aren't these the same people who, decade after decade, voted for politicians who forcefully disarmed them and turned NYC into one of the most draconian, anti-Second-Amendment cities in the US?  Why are they arming themselves now? 

When night falls in the Rockaways, the hoods come out.

Ever since Sandy strafed the Queens peninsula and tore up the boardwalk, it’s become an often lawless place where cops are even scarcer than electrical power and food. Locals say they are arming themselves with guns, baseball bats, booby traps — even a bow and arrow — to defend against looters.

Thugs have been masquerading as Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) workers, knocking on doors in the dead of night. But locals say the real workers have been nowhere in sight, causing at least one elected official — who fears a descent into anarchy if help doesn’t arrive soon — to call for the city to investigate the utility.

Why do they need weapons to defend themselves?  Isn't that the purpose of the NYPD?

Walter Meyer, 37, lives in Park Slope but often surfs in the Rockaways. He said it’s not the place it was before the storm.

"After sunset everyone locks their doors,” said Meyer, as he loaded up a solar panel from a factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard to bring to local residents. "They're trying to find whatever weapons they can find. Some people are even using bows and arrows."

“If you are heeding into the Rockaway beach to assist, there is a request for firearms, hot food, and cold beer. These next 24 hours are critical for these folks, the government has really let them down,” Meyer posted on Facebook Thursday.

What?  They're actually asking people from areas that actually respect the Bill of Rights to violate NYC's disregard for it and import guns into the city?  New Yorkers have been telling us for decades that guns brought into the city are the problem!

And, "the government has really let them down"?  Who is this Right Wing extremist invading this North Eastern Left Wing paradise?

But wait, there's more.

“We’re all pitching in and doing what we can do for each other,” he said. “That’s the kind of neighborhood we are down here. The neighbors will be chipping in good sums of money, labor and food. Whatever it takes.”

Relying on voluntary assistance from neighbors, instead of government?  Oh, the humanity!

Funny how, when inescapably faced with reality, even "Liberals" turn to Conservative principles, like individual charity and the unalienable right to self defence.