BREAKING: Gun and Ammo Confiscation Has Been Ordered

BREAKING: Gun and Ammo Confiscation Has Been Ordered 

Can the government take away a citizen’s 2nd Amendment Constitutional rights whenever it 'feels' like it? WHY?!


September 6, 2017 

Can the government take away a citizen’s constitutional rights whenever it feels like it? That seems to be the interpretation of at least one U.S. governor. 

Taking advantage of the fear and civic disorder created by the approach of Hurricane Irma, the governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has signed an emergency order which permits the National Guard to seize private citizens’ weapons and ammunition in the name of public safety. 

During the chaos and lawlessness that can follow a natural disaster, survivors of Irma may find themselves unarmed and helpless to defend their families from looters and other threats to their safety. Dangerous hurricane, dangerous government U.S. Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp (I) signed an executive order empowering Adjutant General Deborah Howell “to take whatever actions she considers necessary” to and guarantee the public’s safety. 

Subject to approval by the territory’s Justice Department, the order also does away with another Constitutional right by allowing the government to seize whatever private property it deems essential to protect the island.  

Mapp’s draconian order came after he declared a state of emergency for the islands and began mobilizing National Guard units in preparation for the superstorm. The governor warned residents, who could soon find themselves disarmed, that Hurricane Irma is a serious threat. This is not an opportunity to go outside and try to have fun with a hurricane. It’s not time to get on a surfboard. 

As Irma approaches the American Virgin Islands, which includes St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, Irma has escalated to a Category 5 Hurricane. The storm is expected to pass just north of the heart of the islands on Wednesday and will be accompanied by 60 mph winds and four to eight inches of down pouring rain. 

The language of the order allowing the government to appropriate the weapons and property of law-abiding citizens makes it seem as if the territory’s National Guard is short on supplies. The order states that officials are “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.” 

Americans far removed from the dangers of Hurricane Irma are equally dumbfounded at the decision to suspend the Constitution at a time when Americans are most susceptible to danger. Some have taken to social media to express their dismay at Mapp’s decision. 

NRA stepping in Mapp’s executive decision is even more contentious considering that there is a federal law prohibiting the confiscation of personal weapons during a state of emergency — when people most need these assurances.  

In 2005, New Orleans’ corrupt mayor Ray Nagin issued a similar decree during Hurricane Katrina. This Constitutional infringement compelled Congress to later pass the Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act to avoid similarly impulsive acts from local governments.  

Nagin’s 2005 seizure order prompted the National Rifle Association to take legal action on behalf of gun owners, filing a lawsuit against the city of New Orleans charging that the order left citizens “at the mercy of roving gangs, home invaders, and other criminals.” The NRA has announced its “strong opposition to Mapp’s executive order, as well. 

Chris Cox, the Executive Director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action, explains how the decision to unlawfully confiscate weapons and ammunition during a state of emergency places citizens at an increased risk for danger: 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. The NRA is prepared to pursue legal action to halt Gov. Mapp’s dangerous and unconstitutional order. 
 
From warning Virgin Islanders to avoid surfing during swells caused by the Category 5 hurricane to the threat of mass confiscation of gun owners’ weapons, it is clear the Mapp holds his electorate in very low regard. Citizens won’t be needing their firearms, Mapp would argue, in the presence of the National Guard. 

Part of liberal ideology (remember traitor 'president' Obama and his public expressions of this?) is the belief that people are incapable of caring for themselves. They need the government to intervene and take care of basic services like health care or personal protection. Any time there is a natural disaster or a rising public threat, liberals will be there to demand that Americans surrender more of their basic civil rights in the name of the communal good. In the end, everyone suffers, and the individual compromises their self-reliance and — in this case — their self-defense. 

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