US Virgin Islands: Governor to grab guns
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From: tonyo6302
06-Sep-17
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U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp signed an emergency order allowing the seizure of private guns, ammunition, explosives and property the National Guard may need to respond to Hurricane Irma. .. ..
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Mapp signed the order Monday in preparation for Hurricane Irma. The order allows the Adjutant General of the Virgin Islands to seize private property they believe necessary to protect the islands, subject to approval by the territory’s Justice Department.
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From: foxbo
06-Sep-17
How is taking of guns and ammo going to make the hurricane behave? Where in hell do these people come from with their screwed up logic?
From: HDE
06-Sep-17
Illegal search and seizure, emergency or not. What is to keep them from quartering troops as well...?
From: bad karma
06-Sep-17
I'm curious what the justice department attorneys say on this one.
From: bad karma
06-Sep-17
From: bad karma
06-Sep-17
From: Coyote 65
06-Sep-17
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NRA is threating a lawsuit
http://www.oann.com/nra-threatens-lawsuit-over-u-s-virgin-islands-firearm-confiscation-order
Terry
From: Coyote 65
06-Sep-17
Looked at the gun laws there, think the worst of Illinois and California all rolled into one. They all ready know who has them and how much ammo they have.
Will serve as a precedent when debating antigunners.
It is only the good guys guns that will be siezed, as bad guys won't have followed the laws to register.
Terry
From: Glunt@work
06-Sep-17
USVI has the highest murder rate in America (along with super strict gun laws). Now they suspect things will get so bad during the storm that the National Guard will run out of guns and ammo? Not a time I would want to be unarmed.
From: Brotsky
06-Sep-17
How many rounds do you need to shoot at a hurricane to slow it down? What caliber?