I might have to break out m tin foil hat for this.

I was wondering if any one else put these two together? I could see the local government wanting to know where all of the "assault weapons" are after a major catastrophe. We would more than likely go into martial law, and the possibility of people taking actions into their own hands could be a big enough threat to the apply resources to confiscating the weapons.

I don't remember seeing anything from their write-up of the drill (it was fairly extensive) that had anything to do with anything like that. Granted, I didn't read the whole thing, but my initial skim back when it was first released didn't even make me think about it. The report is here -- https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/128345 if anyone wants to give it a more thorough review.