NRA threatens lawsuit after US Virgin Islands governor orders weapons seizure

[The Legion]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/09/05/us-virgin-islands-governor-orders-seizure-citizens-weapons-nra-threatens-to-sue.html

 

Published September 05, 2017

FoxNews.com

The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has ordered its national guard to seize guns, ammunition and other weapons from its citizens as the territory prepares for Hurricane Irma to make landfall.

Gov. Kenneth Mapp, an Independent, signed an executive order Tuesday instructing Adjutant General Deborah Howell “to take whatever actions she considers necessary” to maintain public order, The Times-Picayune reported.

The order, obtained by The Daily Caller, states that Howell 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.”

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The National Rifle Association announced its “strong opposition” to Mapp’s order in a press release Tuesday.

“People need the ability to protect themselves during times of natural disaster,” Chris W. Cox, executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action said. “This dangerous order violates the constitutional rights of law-abiding citizens and puts their lives at risk.”

In 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin signed a similar order allowing seizure of guns, assault rifles and other weapons, ahead of a forced evacuation from those still living in areas affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The NRA filed a lawsuit after Katrina claiming New Orleans violated gun owners’ constitutional right to bear arms and left them “at the mercy of roving gangs, home invaders, and other criminals” after the hurricane.

Congress later passed the 2006 Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act, which was meant to prohibit future confiscation of weapons during an emergency.

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“When 911 is non-existent and law enforcement personnel are overwhelmed with search-and-rescue missions and other emergency duties, law-abiding American citizens must be able to protect their families and loved ones,” Cox continued. “The NRA is prepared to pursue legal action to halt Gov. Mapp's dangerous and unconstitutional order.”  

[tnhawk]

Coming Soon! To a State (or City) near you?

Edited September 10, 2017 by tnhawk

[bersaguy]

I was watching an interview on Fox with Mapp and he was really trying to deny that he said he wanted weapons confiscated from civilians but the Fox host was not accepting his answers and he kept reading the orders and Mapp just kept saying that his order was not pertaining to civilian weapons.  He said it was ment that the NG were authorized to take firearms from gun stores but were also ordered to purchase the guns with NG vouchers with payment to follow after the storm. Mapp finally cut the interview because the Fox news commentator kept pounding the fact that his order said civilian arms and all other necessary items. Mapp was just trying to back peddle the entire interview..........JMHO

[Worriedman]

See anywhere where the NRA did anything?

They ARE jumping in and trying to get McConnell's boy elected in Alabama though...just like here, go with the incumbent, have Democrats lobbying RINOs to make sure we get no decent gun laws passed...

Edited September 22, 2017 by Worriedman