Bill Oreilly and Katrina gun-grab

[sonny]

Last nite on Fox channel, Bill OReilly was defending the New Orleans gun-grabs from private individuals during the declared "emergency" of Katrina. It wouldn't hurt to write him an email. You can contact him: [email protected] . Let him know, nicely, that you don't accept that nonsense. His show has a tremendous viewing audience. Generally, he's a good conservative.
I wrote him.
Sonny

 

[cmort666]

O'Reilly knows NOTHING about guns and is definitely NOT a friend to gun owners.

He has the NYC "elite" media attitude toward guns and gun owners.

 

[james56]

The clip they showed is just what will happen when another State of Emergency is declared, take the gun's away from those that are protecting there own lives , family and property LAWFULLY!!! And the criminals that were armed and the real problem were dealt with later if at all!!! I liked Bill O'Reilly until last night his other interview showed his predigest against the Oath Keepers!! he (Oreilly) doesnt want to understand the difference between Lawful orders or Unlawful orders!!! which is what it was all about. Even is a State Of Emergency the 2nd Amendement still Stand's, and for a former teacher he should know that. People who know the law and disreguad it are very dangerous and need to kept incheck. I was very dissapointed with him last night and let him and FOX know it today. Orielly showed his real side if you watched closely.
just my 2.5 cents worth
james

 

[norad45]

Last nite on Fox channel, Bill OReilly was defending the New Orleans gun-grabs from private individuals during the declared "emergency" of Katrina. It wouldn't hurt to write him an email. You can contact him: [email protected] . Let him know, nicely, that you don't accept that nonsense. His show has a tremendous viewing audience. Generally, he's a good conservative.
I wrote him.
Sonny

I'm afraid I'd have to see a transcript of his comments before I would feel comfortable emailing him about them. Do you have a link?

 

[Jetpilot007]

I have lost much respect for Bill O'Reilly. His viewpoints
are just idiotic at times. I had seen the Katrina segment last night and I wanted to throw a shoe at the TV.

Mark Levin, a nationally syndicated radio talk show host opened my eyes to that pin head.

No wonder O'Reilly's radio show crashed & burned!

PINHEAD of THE YEAR: BILL O'REILLY.

 

[FrankD45]

I missed the Katrina comment but here is a link. Gateway Pundit

Apparently the comment was made on his radio program while he was interviewing Stewart Rhodes the founder of the Oathkeepers. http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.co...onfiscation-during-weather-emergencies-video/

While you are reading, you may find this interesting as well. U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home > Votes > Roll Call Vote

This is a link to a 2006 amendment to the Homeland Security that prohibited confiscation. Note how the senator from Illinois voted in favor!

I hope that helps.

 

[Damn Yankee]

This came about with the interview of Oath Keepers.

Oath Keepers Oath Keepers – Guardians of the Republic

Im sure Oreilly will receive lots of communication on his statements.

 

[norad45]

Thanks for the links. He is definitely wrong on this one.

 

[Sebago Son]

O'Reilly.....

Bill O'Reilly is a centrist secular progressive cloaked in a manufactured suit of "common sense".... he makes me want to barf.

Simply because his line of spew occasionally coincides with my point of view does not mean I agree with him. This is how he maintains his "credentials".... He is a self promoting entertainer and nothing more.... he is not a leader and is not to be taken seriously.

I remember his remark about waiting periods.... "Hey, I have to wait 7 days for my dry cleaning... you can wait 7 days to get your Glock..." This and his comments about no one "needing an Assault Rifle" (his voice dripping with loathing) show what his true colors are....

 

[BarbC]

I was shocked, too, when I heard this segment.

During social breakdown, law-abiding citizens can be attacked by unruly mobs using all sorts of means of assault, not limited to firearms: Chains, cinder blocks, knives, boots. Why should we willingly give up our means of self-protection?? And who can we count on to understand that we have that right?

 

[681ismyfavorite]

remember Fox News is fair and balanced. just because its on Fox does not mean it is conservative.

unlike the extremist media chanels that only present leftist liberal views with hardly any fair time to opposing views, fox presents both sides of an issue and lets you decide.

do you want to be spoon fed like the dolts on the left?

 

[2000Z-71]

I really doubt O'Reilly's convictions. He does a lot of flag waiving and patriotic talk, but yet when we went to order one of his red, white & blue "Staff" shirts for my father-in-law, it had a tag of "Made in Vietnam". We didn't notice it since it was still wrapped in the package when we gave it to him. However he did and being a helicopter pilot who survived 3 tours there, he was not amused. E-mails from us as well as my father-in-law to Mr. O'Reilly have gone unanswered.

 

[scattershot]

I'm glad someone else was disturbed by that segment. I like Oreilly, and he had the fortitude to put Mr. Rhoades on the show, after all. He can be mistaken on occasion, just like everybody else.

Disarming the citizenry at a time when they need to be armed to protect themselves from looters is just wrong. Easy for the cops, maybe, but wrong. The film clip of the old lady being roughed up was chilling.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

I was shocked, too, when I heard this segment.

During social breakdown, law-abiding citizens can be attacked by unruly mobs using all sorts of means of assault, not limited to firearms: Chains, cinder blocks, knives, boots. Why should we willingly give up our means of self-protection?? And who can we count on to understand that we have that right?

BarbC I am with you on this. You said what I was thinking.
I just can't believe Oreilly took this position. Don

 

[cmort666]

I just can't believe Oreilly took this position. Don

Then you don't know O'Reilly. That's COMPLETELY representative of his consistently stated opinions on the rights of gun owners.

He's in lockstep with the "reasonable restrictions" camp.

 

[Chik a Boom]

I really doubt O'Reilly's convictions. He does a lot of flag waiving and patriotic talk, but yet when we went to order one of his red, white & blue "Staff" shirts for my father-in-law, it had a tag of "Made in Vietnam". We didn't notice it since it was still wrapped in the package when we gave it to him. However he did and being a helicopter pilot who survived 3 tours there, he was not amused. E-mails from us as well as my father-in-law to Mr. O'Reilly have gone unanswered.

Yes, same here. We were also stunned and disappointed to see the same "made in Vietnam" tag on our purchase. I was also tempted to write and ask about that, but it looks like it wouldn't have mattered if you didn't get a reply. I just hope and trust that "all proceeds go to charities" is factual.

 

[P&R Fan]

Thank you for posting this. I've always liked Bill because he's usually made sense, but this shows a different side of him. I think the reason a lot of people have these attitudes is they have really never been in a situation where they felt threatened, and even were that to happen they would have no idea what to do other than panic. In Iowa the legislature failed to pass a law making it a "shall issue" state. There is a front page article about a poll on this law in today's Des Moines Register. The on-line version has a comments section and one brainiac said the cell phone is the best defensive weapon ever invented. People with those attitudes are never going to understand the risks in the real world, and I would have to put Bill in that camp.

 

[Hofstet]

Generally I like O'Reilly and believe he's sincere in looking out for the "folks" as he calls us. Seems to me that he tries to cut the baby in half too often, that is, he reminds me a lot of the so-called moderates in Congress. By trying to please everyone, he alienates people on both sides of the issues.
His views on gun ownership don't appeal to me and were demonstrated during his show last evening regarding the events post Katrina in New Orleans.
I'm under the impression that lately, O'Reilly is more interested in ratings......Hannity,Beck & Rush are more true to their convictions, IMO.

 

[feralmerril]

Oreilly is extreemly bright and fast with words. Overall, he is conservative right wing. However, he has this superior attitude that is condesending to everyone that he considers below him intellect, and to him, thats everybody! Still, I would hate to be judged on one comment or view out of a million discussed over time!
He has several other things off thread that get to me. This stupid new or highly unused word of the day segment, getting a panel stirred up and trying to overtalk each other, (hannity does it too) gets to me and I usualy channel hop.
Last but not least, dennis miller! They get together and have this intellectial "laughin" that seems you need a IQ of 250 to appriciate. Really its that superior attitude each has both like to show.
I have a mentaly challanged nephew that was part of some mental center years ago type club. It cracked me up when I found out the center bussed him and his pals to a dennis miller show to be hired to laugh and applaud him with cue cards! That was the first time I heard of miller. It takes a little more to impress me. I once worked for the studios as a guard.

 

[cmort666]

The on-line version has a comments section and one brainiac said the cell phone is the best defensive weapon ever invented.

Well, I did see a guy beat the daylights out of somebody with one in a Korean gangster movie the other night. Of course, like the cell phone being "the best defensive weapon ever invented", that was PURE FANTASY (and a dream sequence at that).

911 is a communications system of variable efficacy, NOT a matter transporter

Police have no legal duty to protect you as an individual.

Police have no legal liability if they fail to protect you as an individual.

Police have virtually no physical ability to protect you as an individual.

When your life is in danger RIGHT NOW, in order for you to be "protected" by the police, a LONG sequence of events has to work PERFECTLY, starting with your ability to ACCESS a phone and ending with the police arriving at the right location, willing and able to intervene BEFORE you are maimed or killed. If ANY link in that chain fails, you can and probably will end up dead on the floor, stabbed to death like my godsister.

Murderer doesn't honor your request to use the phone to call police - Dead

"No signal" - Dead

"911, Please hold" - Dead

"Lost signal" - Dead

911 says, "Put the guy trying to kill you on the line!" - Dead

You can't enunciate your address clearly with a sucking chest wound - Dead

911 operator gets the address wrong - Dead

Cops get the address wrong - Dead

Cops don't feel like doing anything - Dead

EVERYTHING works PERFECTLY, but the police car can't travel 1/2 mile instantaneously like Dr. Who's TARDIS before you can be stabbed to death - Dead

Protect YOURSELF (or hire others to do so) or don't get protected AT ALL.

Glenn Beck has used bodyguards. You can be sure that O'Reilly has too. The difference is that Beck doesn't pretend that YOU can afford bodyguards, nor does he expect you to rely upon imaginary police "protection".

O'Reilly's no different from Chuck Schumer when it comes to individual self-defense of people who aren't "important", like HIM.