You know how they say it’s virtually impossible to kill any government program once it’s in place…because someone always benefits and it develops its own interested constituency? Yes, well it seems that the authority to confiscate firearms works pretty much the same way. At least it does in the territories of the US Virgin Islands.
You may remember that back in September, as Hurricane Irma was bearing down on the Caribbean, USVI Governor Kenneth Mapp declared a state of emergency and signed an order authorizing law enforcement agencies and the National Guard to confiscate residents’ firearms and ammuntion.
The order stated that,
The Adjutant General is authorized and directed to seize arms, ammunition, explosives, incendiary material or any other property that may be required by the military forces for the performance of this emergency mission in accordance with the Rules of Force promulgated by the Virgin Island National Guard and approved by the Virgin Island Department of Justice.
Because who would possibly have cause to defend their life or property in the aftermath of a devastating natural disaster?
Anyway, Hurricanes Irma and Maria have long since come and gone (five people died and thousands lost their homes). But, as the Daily Caller is reporting, Governor Mapp has seen fit to extend the authorities’ right to confiscate Virgin Islanders’ weapons. Although he poo-poo’s the idea that it’s a gun grab.
Gov. Mapp told TheDC in a phone interview Thursday that the national guard “is not authorized to take arms and munitions from civilians,” and complained that he continues to receive “foolish” questions about this.
The Sept. 4 order, however, explicitly gives authorization to “seize” arms and ammunition.
Mapp said that this language is in “every declaration or activation of the national guard” that came before he took office. And added that it doesn’t allow Adjunct General Deborah Howell to “take weapons from civilians without proper compensation.”
Well, as long as he says so….
You can read the renewal of the order here. Whether or not any Virgin Islander’s guns have actually been taken, the authority to do so is still in force. And experience and common sense would tell you that any legal authority given the government — and plenty that isn’t — will, at some point, be exercised.
Or is that too tin foil hat of us?
Still waiting for President Trump to restore 2nd amendment rights to my Eastern Com Bloc State…Maybe the RINO in Congress will step up this platform and provide constitutional relief to these civil rights challenged areas! Still awaiting a revival in the USA and our US Constitutional-Bill of Rights…
Sleep tight tonight, your safe in our hands.
Two points/questions:
1. How is a Marine officer, assigned to a battleship which is providing naval gunfire support to a major invasion and fighting off kamikaze attacks allowed to leave his post and go ashore as part of the invasion?
2. Cooper, to his dying days, said he couldn’t talk about his guerilla warfare activities during the Korean War because they were allegedly “secret” (although the pictures of him in Thailand make him look like some sort of Sak’s Fifth Avenue fashion designers fantasy of what a 1950’s mercenary should look like). Seriously? People buy that nonsense that 50 years after later what he did was STILL classified!?
Who says that the militia can only be comprised of military aged males? Let us at ’em…Let us at ’em! Hooya!
I detest what YouTube is doing, the number of eyes on gun related videos on YouTube is massive, and impossible to duplicate at this point.
By neutering and killing gun related channels, they’re hurting the 2nd A.
IMHO, they’re a monopoly, and should either honor free speech or be broken up. They have an agenda against conservatives, and are attempting to shape public opinion by nature of their popularity and reach.
Actually the number of gun related content is teeny tiny, PewDiePie has more views in a month than all the gun videos of all time, 30-40 million a month. Wiz Kalifa has a single video with 3billion views, don’t know who or what that is, but there you go.
Everyone should mirror videos on Liveleak.com.
They will not remove your videos and they do not charge for posting.
Sad fact is police serve themselves and protect their pensions. A uniform and badge does not make a protector but creates a variable tax collector.
Four minutes confirming bones make bad bullet protectors while a LEO stands outside the kill zone listening to rounds while knowing children being slaughtered. There ‘s a special place in hell for that son of a bitch.
The fact is fear stop law enforcement from stopping the carnage and there is no mandate they do so. In addition school administrators lived in a bubble that evil doesn’t exist and perceived security measures were adequate.
F everyone for knowing what needed to be done and taking no action then or now.
Wasn’t this the same guy who made guns out of old typewriters? I remember a TAG article a while back about that. I think this guy secretly wants a gun but his liberal sensibilities just won’t allow it.
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Do they know Puerto Rico is part of the United States? Just wondering…
I am looking for the explanation what is the significance of the number P-223. What is implied when a company produces a scope which has this number in the product title. Bushnell and Nikon both produce variants of p-223. I can understand and calculate the magnification power, exit pupil and lens diameter which are important numbers in understanding scope features. Its this strange number 223 associated with the scope I am looking for some explanation for. Anybody here would like to share some insights?
After successfully invading France, the boys “smoke ’em ’cause they got ’em” to celebrate.
“ ___ represents a common dilemma for gun control — as a ___ in the city, in a particularly crime-filled area, he/she owns a gun because he/she feels unsafe. This isn’t an uncommon dilemma for ___. In a society that is outright violent towards ___ in many questionable ways.”
FIFY
Why is it only women? Why is it a compromise? Why can’t it be prudent thinking?
…….Behind every blade of grass.
Violation of civil rights?
This guy is truly a foul weasel of a politician. It will be a dark day when this scumbag takes the reigns of the Ca governors office from the current fried out hippy we have. The progressives have a super majority in our state government and this guy is a guaranteed rubber stamp for any absurd gun control scheme they want to pass. Regardless of how many eventually get overturned I can see a bleak short term situation developing when this chump gets into office.