Defendants now admit that the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) “may-issue” permitting scheme was unconstitutional under N. Y. It's not just about the territory's "may issue" licensing laws, which have supposedly been replaced with a "shall issue" system under Act 9113. Act 9113 fails to address the DOJ's concerns, but it also imposes many new infringements on the right to keep and bear arms. § 453(k): (unconstitutional ban on transportation of long guns) 4. Last sentence of 23 V.I.C.