U.S. Virgin Islands seizing guns, ammo in anticipation of Irma

[crimethink]

http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/09/us_virgin_islands_seizing_guns.html

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.

[Ares]

What guns and ammo? I lost all of mine in a boating accident off the coast in the Atlantic some time ago.

[old steel]

They have the manpower to go door to door and confiscate all the guns and ammo before Irma would hit?

Hah, good luck with that one.

[crimethink]

42 USC 5207:

(a) No officer or employee of the United States (including any member of the uniformed services), or person operating pursuant to or under color of Federal law, or receiving Federal funds, or under control of any Federal official, or providing services to such an officer, employee, or other person, while acting in support of relief from a major disaster or emergency, may—
(1) temporarily or permanently seize, or authorize seizure of, any firearm the possession of which is not prohibited under Federal, State, or local law, other than for forfeiture in compliance with Federal law or as evidence in a criminal investigation;
(2) require registration of any firearm for which registration is not required by Federal, State, or local law;
(3) prohibit possession of any firearm, or promulgate any rule, regulation, or order prohibiting possession of any firearm, in any place or by any person where such possession is not otherwise prohibited by Federal, State, or local law; or
(4) prohibit the carrying of firearms by any person otherwise authorized to carry firearms under Federal, State, or local law, solely because such person is operating under the direction, control, or supervision of a Federal agency in support of relief from the major disaster or emergency.

[crimethink]

The "Governor" of the Virgin Islands, a product of New York City:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Kenneth_Ezra_Mapp.png

No earned Bachelor's degree, but Harvard gave him an MPA. :rolleyes:

[SockPuppet]

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[Tumbleweed]

http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/09/us_virgin_islands_seizing_guns.html

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.


The governor must be wanting to keep things safe for the nigger looters and rapists when the storm hits.

[old steel]

Say the Hurricane misses them, how do they return the guns and ammo?

Did they make logs of who owned what particular guns and quantities/types of ammo?

[madfranks]

Excellent - now the looters will know it is less likely a home will be armed and able to defend themselves after the storm hits.

[Cebu_4_2]

Say the Hurricane misses them, how do they return the guns and ammo?

Did they make logs of who owned what particular guns and quantities/types of ammo?


Sounds a lot like Katrina's gun grab to me. Anyone with anything left will be standing naked against the opportunists.

[midnight rambler]

Say the Hurricane misses them, how do they return the guns and ammo?


Who said anything about returning the guns and ammo?