Who gets to have guns?

The rich, of course. According to this NYT story:

"Mr. Compass, the police superintendent, said that after a week of near anarchy in the city, no civilians in New Orleans will be allowed to carry pistols, shotguns, or other firearms of any kind. "Only law enforcement are allowed to have weapons," he said.

"That order apparently does not apply to the hundreds of security guards whom businesses and some wealthy individuals have hired to protect their property. The guards, who are civilians working for private security firms like Blackwater, are openly carrying M-16s and other assault rifles.

"Mr. Compass said that he was aware of the private guards but that the police had no plans to make them give up their weapons".

In a "state of nature" it is morally necessary to be able to protect ones' self. Steve Sailer references Kipling's dark poem "The Gods of the Copybook Headings":

"And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!"

Let me ask you-- if I couldn't take my pets, and the police had QUIT, and I knew rich folks could protect themselves-- should I just meekly surrender my belongings or life?