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| Gov. of Virgin Islands Uses Pending Natural Disaster as Potential Firearms Grab |
| 2017-09-06 |
The order is worded so that they can seize firearms and ammunition as needed to carry out their duties. A copy of the order was published by the Daily Caller. It announces that the Virgin Islands National Guard is called to active service for the purposes of "[maintaining] the health, welfare, and safety of the people of the Virgin Islands in the face of imminent danger or potential disaster from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irma." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Well, since only criminals have guns.../sarc |
| Posted by: Anomalous Sources 2017-09-06 19:35 |
| #6 Governor Kenneth "King Canute" E. Mapp, Are you ordering them to lay down suppressing fire on the |
| Posted by: magpie 2017-09-06 14:42 |
| #5 Napalm? Nope, got none of that governor. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-09-06 11:25 |
| #4 And the order requires citizens to turn in incendiaries, too. Damn, got to turn thre thermite grenades. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2017-09-06 10:30 |
| #3 Five bucks says they'll gin up some excuse for having destroyed the weapons rather than return them to their owner. And they won't compensate them. Seems this may well land in SCOTUS. |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-09-06 09:59 |
| #2 Must be a piss-poor national guard to have to seize privately owned firearms. What a stinking joke on more than one account. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2017-09-06 09:00 |
| #1 "Never let a crisis go to waste" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2017-09-06 08:55 |