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have we cleared this up? the fact is the order allowed the military person (its a female) to go BUY stuff they might need without having to go thru normal procurement procedures.
or do we care because its way more fun to go bonkers about stuff?
have we cleared this up? the fact is the order allowed the military person (its a female) to go BUY stuff they might need without having to go thru normal procurement procedures.
or do we care because its way more fun to go bonkers about stuff?
Then that would be a "clarification" since the original order specifically said " seize" which has a very specific legal meaning.
If normal procurement procedures were to be bypassed, and that was addressed in the order, then "seize" was unnecessary.
have we cleared this up? the fact is the order allowed the military person (its a female) to go BUY stuff they might need without having to go thru normal procurement procedures.
or do we care because its way more fun to go bonkers about stuff?
No, the Governor is purposely back tracking. It is obvious what he originally said, and originally meant. Last time I was in St. Croix, and I've been there LOTS of times, I didn't see one gun store, nor outdoor store where soldiers could possibly "buy stuff".
The Virgin Islands has a population of 106,000. Spread over multiple islands.
The largest city in the Virgin Islands has a whopping 19,000 people, which is... not even one square block of the neighborhood I'm sitting in.
The only reason we are considering the Virgin Islands right now is because of its use to our military, which has a substantial presence there.
So before you go all 2nd Amendment Armchair Lawyer on me, cool it. The only people with anything to steal are in resorts, and their valuables are back on the mainland.
This is the most idiotic and uninformed response thus far.
The United States Virgin Islands is considered because it is U.S. territory and it has been for approximately 100 years.
As far as the military, there is not one active duty unit here. Just reserves and national guard.
Lastly, you clearly have never been to the U.S. Virgin Islands. People in the resorts barely have anything to offer in terms of items to steal. The USVI has some extremely wealthy people who, up until the storm, had some of the most beautiful homes. That includes local people, not just mainlanders who moved down here. Get out of here.
Last edited by ReineDeCoeur; 09-11-2017 at 02:56 PM..
Why does our 2nd amendment forbid all govts in the U.S. from making laws restricting or taking away the people's right to keep and bar arms?
The Framers were mostly learned men, often scholars who studied other governments going far back into history before their time. And after long and thorough examinations, they decided that the country would be far better off if NO regulations or restrictions on guns and other such weapons existed. Even if it meant an occasional whack job (they existed in George Washington's time just as they do now) getting his hands on a gun.
The Framers were grimly aware that governments themselves did far more harm to their countries if they had even the slightest authority to regulate guns and otherwise prevent law-abiding citizens from defending themselves, even the occasionaly whack job who got a gun. Even a dozen dead in a restaurant or an office building, though horrible, was far less harmful than a government free to abuse and oppress its people.
And that is the reason why no govt in the U.S. is allowed to make any laws restricting or taking away the right of the people to keep and bear arms.
It's one of the more-violated passages in the Constitution. But that doesn't change what it says. And courts that try to pretend it says something else, also don't change what it says.
Making a law preventing mental patients etc. from getting a gun, is flatly unconstitutional. For the reasons I just gave.
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