Gunner at No Quarters notes that when the shit hits the fan, a little gun nuttery suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

A lot of liberal anti-gunners have become pro-gun and are probably not happy with that fact.

You might note with all of the gun violence the Brady Center has not issues one single press release. Maybe even they see the people protecting themselves with firearms in the news and know they lost this battle. They would look pretty bad if they called for the disarming of all of New Orleans.

Actually, between the looters and people shooting at the rescue workers, I'm surprised they haven't called for more "disarmament".

Kevin Baker (via Doc Russia) noticed even more anti-gunners coming over to the dark side.

(James) Tilghman said he had been appalled by the violence in New Orleans and was concerned that some of it might spill over into his community with the arrival of more survivors. "I'm totally against guns, but I bought one this week," he said.

I noticed a similar phenomenon during the tsunami disaster, when a liberal friend of mine called me up to help him purchase his first handgun. He told me that he didn't think he'd ever buy a gun, until he saw that any random natural disaster can leave people fending for themselves.

But some people already knew that.

Another one from Kevin Baker (he's on a roll), from the NY Times, no less.