Angie Craig: “this is not a curious amendment. It has nothing to do with the Superdome in New Orleans at the time of Katrina, because…”

“this is not a curious amendment. It has nothing to do with the Superdome in New Orleans at the time of Katrina, because if law enforcement people were standing at the door and they said you could not enter with a legal or illegal firearm, you could not enter. But the Senator from Illinois would like to suggest to you that this is to stop chaos within the Superdome. That is flatly false. It is important that you understand that. That would not prohibit--if we want to fast forward, God forbid, to a national disaster in Chicago of an unprecedented kind, and for the police to say for those seeking sanctuary at the McCormack Center, you cannot bring guns in here--this amendment would not prohibit that. This amendment agrees with a Federal judge who got an injunction to stop the chief of police of New Orleans from acting illegally. That is what it did. I am not going to judge the chief of police. He has resigned and is long gone. He left town. He was in a crisis situation. But in this instance the Senator from Illinois is right. When law enforcement breaks down in a national or local disaster, should not the private citizen who legally owns a firearm have the right to protect themselves and their property? The answer for 200 years in this Nation is absolutely yes. I will give you a couple of situations. A little old lady is sitting on her porch in New Orleans with a shotgun across her lap. Why?…”