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U.S. Virgin Islands seizing guns, ammo in anticipation of Irma
NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 9/5/2017 | By Todd Masson tmasson@nola.com,

Posted on 09/05/2017 12:39:11 PM PDT by granite

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has ordered the territory's national guard to begin seizing guns and ammunition from citizens in preparation for Hurricane Irma's landfall.

In an executive order signed Monday, Gov. Kenneth Mapp instructed Adjutant General Deborah Howell "to take whatever actions she considers necessary to carry out the assigned mission" of maintaining and restoring public order.

"The Adjutant General is authorized and directed to seize arms, ammunition, explosives, incendiary material and any other property that may be required by the military forces for the performance of this emergency mission," the governor said in the order.

The order went into effect Tuesday at 12:01 a.m.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2ndamednment; banglist; fakenews; hurricaneirma; irma; jackbootedthugs; jbts; nationalguard; virginislands
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To: apillar

My question too.


21 posted on 09/05/2017 1:03:54 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - JRRT)
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To: granite

Shoot *ANYONE* who shows up to confiscate your weapons.


22 posted on 09/05/2017 1:07:43 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("The days of being a keyboard commando are over. It's time to get some bloody knuckles." -Drew68)
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To: SkyDancer

Wonder if this covers contraband on other islands in the chain.

Perhaps, someone can ring the alarm bells over at Little St. James Island.


23 posted on 09/05/2017 1:10:48 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: granite

Well I guess now people living in US Overseas Territories have their SCOTUS test case.


24 posted on 09/05/2017 1:13:04 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: SaveFerris

You forgot Methodists.


25 posted on 09/05/2017 1:16:31 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

And the Irish! We don’t want the Irish!


26 posted on 09/05/2017 1:18:16 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: granite

This governor violated his oath of the Constitution and should be immediately removed from office.


27 posted on 09/05/2017 1:27:57 PM PDT by WKUHilltopper (WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
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To: granite

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/10/01/st-croixs-climate-proved-explosive-after-hurricane-hugo-hit-the-island/5e8f3186-82bb-4800-9ca5-aa8249ca0927/?utm_term=.31e5d75d5f86
That should work out well when only the looters have guns. This is from the Washington Post about Hurricane Hugo in 1989 so it’s probably not even describing the worst of it.


28 posted on 09/05/2017 1:33:58 PM PDT by freefdny
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To: Tudorfly

Then there’s the fact you’re dedicating law enforcement to taking guns from people instead of evacuating them or prepping to actually protect them.


29 posted on 09/05/2017 1:38:56 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: WKUHilltopper
This governor violated his oath of the Constitution and should be immediately removed from office.

"take whatever actions she are considered necessary to carry out the assigned mission"

30 posted on 09/05/2017 2:05:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: granite

Eff the State!


31 posted on 09/05/2017 2:07:57 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: granite

to begin seizing guns and ammunition from citizens
= = =

How do they know the citizen has a gun, or ammunition?


32 posted on 09/05/2017 2:24:57 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: granite

I assume my taxes are still going to this tropical paradise of morons. Shut them off.


33 posted on 09/05/2017 2:29:18 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Scrambler Bob

form 4473.


34 posted on 09/05/2017 2:30:42 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: granite

Nope. Not happening. That is not a lawful order when the Adjutant General orders law enforcement to violate the Bill of Rights. It is not a lawful order when government personnel attempt to violate my individual, God-given human right to defend myself. I hope this costs everyone involved their jobs plus a whole lot more in personal liability.


35 posted on 09/05/2017 2:59:06 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: granite

Someone needs to file an emergency action in federal court for a restraining order.


36 posted on 09/05/2017 3:20:27 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: granite

This is why you separate your caches and keep a throwaway cache of junk to dutifully hand over.


37 posted on 09/05/2017 3:23:33 PM PDT by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: blam
(ahem) Always have a 'throw-down-gun.' Yup...here you can have my gun.

Wrong response to tyranny.

A demand by a government agent that you turn over your lawfully possessed weapons, is an act of war against the citizens, and should be met with forceful resistance.

That is the entire purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

38 posted on 09/05/2017 3:32:48 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Trod Upon
keep a throwaway cache of junk to dutifully hand over.

And then what? You think they'll just go on their merry way without turning your house inside out to find the rest?

Remember the essential purpose of the 2nd Amendment.

39 posted on 09/05/2017 3:59:23 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: hoosierham

4473 for ammo?


40 posted on 09/05/2017 4:01:01 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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