Assume we have another 1938 hurricane coming ashore in New London as category 5.
What state law or constitutional clause prevents Malloy from using the emergency powers of Sections 28-9 and 28-11 of the Connecticut General Statutes to confiscate firearms as in New Orleans during Katrina? Note that these sections also violate the First and Fourth Amendments by allowing for the confiscation of food, vehicles, and houses as well restricting media and private communications.
Louisiana fixed the firearms problem in 2006 with HB 760. Why hasn’t Connecticut? The Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 introduced in Congress prohibited confiscation of legally possessed firearms during a disaster.
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That law should be effective as all law enforcement agencies receive federal funds in one way or another. However, it would not prevent the governor from disregarding federal law and the Constitution, like Obama, and acting against law-biding citizens. In fact, even a state law would not necessarily stop it but it might give reason for the governor to have second thoughts.
