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BILL O?REILLY SUPPORTS GUN CONFISCATION DURING WEATHER EMERGENCIES? That?s funny. O?Reilly calls t?

By Glenn Reynolds

BILL O’REILLY SUPPORTS GUN CONFISCATION DURING WEATHER EMERGENCIES? That’s funny. O’Reilly calls the opposing position “extreme,” but such gun confiscation is illegal under statute, and as a matter of constitutional law; in fact, the city of New Orleans lost a lawsuit over gun confiscation during Katrina. But then, O’Reilly’s no libertarian, to put things mildly. And he’s consistently weak on the law. Still he should have been better briefed for this show, as he came across looking like a fool, and making his “extreme” guest look sober and well-informed by comparison.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).