Update II (4:17 p.m.): The “poor and hungry” are shooting at rescue workers and helicopters. Classy. Liberal apologists will excuse/defend it, I’m sure. Anybody brandishing a gun who’s not wearing a uniform should be shot on sight.
Update III (7:18 p.m.): People were murdered yesterday. Reports of rape today. Shoot.On.Sight.
Watch the video of COPS stealing. Embarrassing!
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…whether they’re carrying a case of beer or a case of guns. Law and order is disintegrating, and it’s only going to get worse. People are stealing firearms, computers, televisions, jewelry — the formation of roaming, pillaging, and raping gangs isn’t far behind.
I imagine it would be difficult to point a gun at someone carrying a bag of food, water, diapers, and a crying baby in his arms. I know that people are hungry, thirsty, frustrated and desperate. Some survivors might be stealing guns to protect their families from other looters, but someone has to draw a line somewhere.
As tensions rise, chaos will increase. I hope the worst dissipates before anyone is shot, but law enforcement must protect people and enforce the law, even if it means shooting looters on sight.
Gunshots repeatedly rang out and fires flared around the city as looters broke into stores, houses, hospitals and office buildings — some in search of food, others looking for anything of value. They broke windows, tore down security gates and knocked down doors, then hauled away what they could carry or cart. (Source)
Should desperate times call for desperate measures? Are people still obliged to obey the authorities even if they’re cold, wet, homeless, and hungry, or is it Thunderdome? Christians know the answers to those questions.
Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing. Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor. (Romans 13)
Lest some of you get it twisted, the Apostle Paul didn’t speak these words in the context of a theocracy. He was a citizen of Rome speaking to Christians about civil government specifically and all forms of government generally. Bible-believing Christians know that God is sovereign over all things, including our appointed leaders, whether the leaders believe in Him or not, and we’re to obey those in authority.
Catch me tonight around 8:30 p.m. EDT on Hugh Hewitt’s show as we talk about blogger fundraising for the hurricane victims. I’m asking LBC readers to give to the Salvation Army.
(CBS News photo)
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Read more about looters and cancellations. Can law and order be restored?
Live-blogging the looting (via Wires from the Bunker)
Update (10:16 a.m.): Evacuation Disrupted Amid Fires, Gunshots:
Tempers flared elsewhere across the devastated region. Police said a man in Hattiesburg, Miss., fatally shot his sister in the head over a bag of ice. Dozens of carjackings were reported, including a nursing home bus. One officer was shot in the head and a looter was wounded in a shootout. Both were expected to survive. (Emphasis added)
Looters Are the Worst of Humanity (via Booker Rising)
There’s a rumor going around that my shoot on sight idea is not befitting of a “compassionate conservative.” I have no idea what a compassionate conservative is, nor have I ever claimed to be one. 
Police and Owners Begin to Challenge Looters
Peggy Noonan: “As for the tragic piggism that is taking place on the streets of New Orleans, it is not unbelievable but it is unforgivable, and I hope the looters are shot.” (via Professor Bainbridge)
8:42 p.m.: COMMENTING IS CLOSED FOR THE NIGHT. Will re-open in the morning.
