DC:
Two House committees are investigating Virgin Islands Gov. Kenneth Mapp’s emergency order allowing national guardsmen to confiscate legally-owned firearms ahead of Hurricane Irma in 2017.
Republican Reps. Rob Bishop of Utah and Bob Goodlatte of Virginia sent a letter to Mapp on Wednesday, asking for documentation on the order and whether or not any firearms were actually seized under the emergency order.
Both lawmakers worried Mapp’s order could violate Americans’ Second Amendment right to bear arms.
“Citizens deserve a clear answer on how the government of the Virgin Islands intends to implement this and any future emergency executive orders that may impact their constitutional right to bear arms and defend themselves in an emergency,” Bishop and Goodlatte wrote. More here
Big government knows that guns are needed after a disaster to keep looters at bay.
Of course there is no bigger looter than the federal government.
Another congressional investigation that will generate sound bites but accomplish nothing is my guess.
The storm is over. Long gone. Whether acted on or not, those who kept allegiance to that chain of command, sleep among those they targeted. Not the fishes. Those citizens deserve a clear path to the ovens. Not answers.
Emergency Executive Orders are the last refuge of a Tyrant.
The National Guard commanders should have recognized this as an illegal order and refused to follow them.
“We’re from the government, and we’re here to make sure you get your home invaded and your family raped and murdered later because we see this hurricane as an opportunity to take your firearms.”
There was a thread on IOTW posted when this occurred last year. Can’t find it.
maybe it was in the Bullpen.
I remember Mapp’s confiscation order. But the Trump Admin quickly countermanded Mapp’s order, showing him the federal legislation that was passed after the Katrina debacle, forbidding the Gummint from confiscating legally-owned firearms leading up to, during, and after a natural disaster.
The Daily Caller got its facts wrong. This confiscation order is not only not in effect now, it never went into effect in the first place.
They did this in New Orleans during Katrina