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Posted on Sep 8, 2017
FACT CHECK: Did the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Sign an Order Allowing the Seizure of...
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Add to the To Do List in an Emergency and Disaster Management situation: Confiscate Guns
FACT CHECK: Did the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Sign an Order Allowing the Seizure of...
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I don't buy the Governor's explanation/backtracking. I think the wording in the order was clear and was intended to allow the NG members to seize weapons from private citizens as they saw fit. I don't think they expected that to be noticed during all the hurricane preparations but it was so now he's backtracking.
Also worth noting that many people here accuse Snopes of being a "liberal rag" but I've always found them to be a more reliable source than most. They have sources listed for every fact they check.
Also worth noting that many people here accuse Snopes of being a "liberal rag" but I've always found them to be a more reliable source than most. They have sources listed for every fact they check.
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Yeah it was interesting to watch that on Tucker Carlson. The Governors intent was not clearly spelled out in the order which leaves it to the NG officer to determine what is lawful and what is not. That in my view is the danger zone because the Governor is supposed to be the Civilian oversight to the National Guard NOT the other way around. However most NG Officers know from Civil Disturbance training they do not have powers of arrest of civilians nor do they have powers to confiscate things............very clear that is delegated to Civilian Police.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
Exactly. There was a marked difference between how the document was worded and how the Governor presented it to Tucker. One of the questions I wished Tucker would have asked is, "If that's what you intended to mean, then why didn't you say that in the order?"
The other question I wanted Tucker to ask is, if the purpose of the order was so the National Guard could get such firearms/ammunition/explosives/etc. that it needed to do its job, why didn't it already have those things?
The other question I wanted Tucker to ask is, if the purpose of the order was so the National Guard could get such firearms/ammunition/explosives/etc. that it needed to do its job, why didn't it already have those things?
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SPC Erich Guenther
SSgt Christopher Brose - My take was they had no clue how the Armory or it's ammunition store would survive the Hurricane so the order was written as a precaution.
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SSgt Christopher Brose
SPC Erich Guenther - Then IMO he should have explained that. Unless it is really crappy ammo, it should be sealed and quite able to be fired regardless of how wet it gets. Nothing about the Governor's explanation smells right to me.
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There's a simple explanation.
The Governor anticipated a similar situation for the National Guard as that faced by the Bobbies in the "Tottenham Outrage" back in 1909. Some terrorists with guns (and about 400 rounds of ammo) pulled a payroll robbery across the street from a police station.
There was a report that the police couldn't find the key to their "gun cupboard" and had to borrow some guns from passers-by for their pursuit of the robbers. This was long before the gun-control laws in modern (much more violent) Great Britain.
The Governor anticipated a similar situation for the National Guard as that faced by the Bobbies in the "Tottenham Outrage" back in 1909. Some terrorists with guns (and about 400 rounds of ammo) pulled a payroll robbery across the street from a police station.
There was a report that the police couldn't find the key to their "gun cupboard" and had to borrow some guns from passers-by for their pursuit of the robbers. This was long before the gun-control laws in modern (much more violent) Great Britain.
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