Now over 127 sheriffs won't enforce Obama's gun control laws

Status
Not open for further replies.
LiveLife

LiveLife

Member
Joined
Jan 10, 2010
Messages
32,987
Location
Northwest Coast
Over 127 sheriffs (including 2 in NY) pledge Obama gun legislation will not be enforced - http://www.examiner.com/article/127...a-gun-laws-specter-of-door-to-door-gun-search
Thus, as popular support for new gun laws gradually cools with the passage of time, and reason takes the place of "knee jerk gun control," gun rights activists may discover that the President's gun control proposals ultimately have no teeth.

Alabama sheriffs (3) (as reported by local news station WHNT, gun rights organization Oath Keepers, media outlet Dothanfirst);
Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes
Madison County Sheriff Blake Dorning
Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin

Arizona sheriffs (2) (according to news outlets TPM and Reason);
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher

Califonia sheriffs (13) (according to The Modesto Bee, local news stations KRNVand KFSN, and CSPOA);
Del Norte County Sheriff Dean Wilson
El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims
Humboldt County Sheriff Mike Downey
Lassen County Sheriff Dean Growden
Mendocino County Sheriff Thomas Allman
Modoc County Sheriff Mike Poindexter
Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood
Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko
Tehama County Sheriff David Hencraft
Trinity County Sheriff Bruce Haney
Siskiyou County Sheriff Jon Lopey (letter)
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson (letter)

Colorado sheriffs (4) (as reported by local television station KWGN, the El Paso County Sheriff's Official website, the Mesa County Sheriff's Official Facebook page, the Denver Post);
El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith
Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey
Weld County Sheriff John Cooke

Delaware sheriffs (1) (according to CSPOA)
Sussex County Sheriff Jeff Christopher

Georgia sheriffs (3) (as reported by the Cherokee Tribune, MinnPost Christian Science Monitor and CSPOA);
Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison
Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson
Oconee County Sheriff Scott Berry

Florida sheriffs (3) (according to local news station WPTV and Sheriff McKiethen's personal Facebook page)
Bay County Florida Sheriff Frank McKiethen
Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott
Martin County Sheriff Bill Snyder

Idaho sheriffs (2) (according to news station KIFI and newspaper Idaho Statesman);
Canyon County, Idaho Sheriff Kieran Donahue
Madison County Sheriff Roy Klingler

Indiana sheriffs (1) (according to CSPOA)
Elkhart County Sheriff Brad Rogers

Kansas sheriffs (1) (according to the Kansas City Star)
Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning

Kentucky sheriffs (2) ( as reported by NBC News and CSPOA)
Bath County Sheriff John Snedegar
Jackson County Sheriff Denny Peyman

Minnesota sheriffs (1) (according to NewsMax)
Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole

Missouri sheriffs (4) (as reported on BeforeItsNews, IRN News, news stations KOAM and KCTV, and CSPOA);
Johnson County Sheriff Charles Heiss (letter)
Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay (letter)
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox (letter)
Osage County Michael Dixon

Montana sheriffs (2) (according to radio station 96.3TheBlaze and CSPOA)
Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman
Sanders County Sheriff Tom Rummel (letter)

Nevada sheriffs (1) (as reported by local news station KRNV)
Humboldt County Sheriff Ed Kilgore

New Mexico sheriffs (30) (according to the Portales News-Tribune, Guns.com and CSPOA)
Roosevelt county sheriff Darren Hooker and the New Mexico Sheriff’s Association (30 out of 33 New Mexico sheriffs)

New York sheriffs (2) (according to CSPOA)
Otsego County Sheriff Richard Devlin Jr.
Schoharie County Sheriff Tony Desmond

Ohio sheriffs (2) (according to radio station KyPost and WCPO);
Boone County Sheriff Michael A. Helmig
Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg

Oklahoma sheriffs (1) (according to CSPOA)
Wagoner County Sheriff Bob ‘Big Block’ Colbert

Oregon sheriffs (14) (as reported by Fox News, online newspaper OregonLive, local radio station KCMB, local television station KMTR, Herald News, gun rights organization Oregon Firearms and CSPOA);
Baker County Sheriff Mitchell Southwick
Coos County Sheriff Craig Zanni (letter)
Crook County Sheriff Jim Hensley
Curry County Sheriff John Bishop (letter)
Deschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin (letter)
Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer (letter)
Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters (letter)
Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson (letter)
Klamath County Sheriff Frank Skrah
Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller (letter)
Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe (letter)
Multnomah County Sheriff Dan Staton
Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett

South Carolina sheriffs (3) (according to The Post and Courier, news station WYFF and CSPOA);
Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt
Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright

Texas sheriffs (3) (as reported by local news station KLTV, Dallas News and CSPOA)
Collin County Sheriff Terry Box
Randall County Sheriff Joel W. Richardson
Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith

Utah sheriffs (28) (as reported by CSPOA)
Beaver County Sheriff Cameron M. Noel (letter)
Box Elder County Sheriff J. Lynn Yeates
Chache County Sheriff G. Lynn Nelson
Carbon County Sheriff James Cordova
Daggett County Sheriff Jerry Jorgensen
Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson
Duchesne County Sheriff Travis Mitchell Utah
Emery County Sheriff Greg Funk
Garfield County Sheriff James D. Perkins
Grand County Sheriff Steven White
Iron County Sheriff Mark Gower
Juab County Sheriff Alden Orme
Kane County Sheriff Lamont Smith
Millard County Sheriff Robert Dekker
Morgan County Sheriff Blaine Breshears
Puite County Sheriff Marty Gleave
Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey
San Juan County Sheriff Rick Eldredge
Sanpete County Sheriff Brian Nielson
Sevier County Sheriff Nathan Curtis
Summit County Sheriff David Edmunds
Tooele County Sheriff Frank Park
Uintah County Sheriff Jeff Merrell
Wasatch County Sheriff Todd Bonner
Washington County Sheriff Cory Pulsipher
Wayne County Sheriff Kurt Taylor
Weber County Sheriff Terry Thompson
Utah County Sheriff James Tracy
Click to expand...
 
Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller commented below the article that lists him saying that he did not state that and wonders how his name got on the list. Makes me wonder about the validity of that list. I'd love for it to be true, but I have trouble accepting the article when one has already publicly stated he is not part of it.
 
That's fantastic! We need to stay united and keep up the pressure! As New Hampshire's motto is, 'Live Free or Die'.
 
Thank you bds for finding and publishing the list. Most ashamedly I see there's not one TN listed. Makes me feel like OK is more my home..... never should'a left!
 
the sworn oat of every sherriff is to uphold the constitucion ever sherrif should be on that list unless they dont want to do their job
 
Tim Mueller had a letter of no compliance that he wrote posted on his own sheriff's facebook page.
 
Every Police Chief Every Sheriff every Law Administrator in every County in the Country Should be put too task and Asked the QUESTION< What Will "YOU" Do?>
 
So bitterly disappointed that North Carolina has no representation on that list.

Embarrassed.

Ashamed.
 
I wonder what the (awesome) NY sheriffs on that list will do about complying with the new AWB/magazine restrictions?
 
Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller commented below the article that lists him saying that he did not state that and wonders how his name got on the list. Makes me wonder about the validity of that list.
Click to expand...

While at the same time, our sheriff (Elbert County, CO) did write a letter affirming that he won't let the federal government trample our rights, and he is not on the list (yet).
 
From the Examiner article:

"Public safety professionals serving in the executive branch do not have the constitutional authority, responsibility, and in most cases, the credentials to determine the constitutionality of any issue. Law enforcement officials should leave it to the courts to decide whether a law is constitutional or not."
(Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson)
Click to expand...

That troubles me, because it seems to be the attitude of so many politicians who figure they can pass a law and leave it up to someone else to challenge it to determine "constitutionality," when the document, and especially the Bill Of Rights, was written in language understandable to the layman.

As they say, what's so hard to understand about "shall not be infringed" and "the people?"

What's so hard to understand about why those ten Amendments were affixed to the Constitution?

Well, it was in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of the Federal Government's powers.

That's why.

Terry, 230RN
 
Last edited:
NYS Erie co too

The Sheriff of Erie County in NEW YORK STATE [ Tim Howard ] has stood tall and spoken out against this passage of STUPID laws that accomplish NOTHING at all.

Feel good / touchy feely spouting of a hot pile of Poo does NOTHING to make the citizen safer and NOTHING to stop the lawbreaker.

He said as much and I was THRILLED to hear him.
 
From the Examiner article:



"Public safety professionals serving in the executive branch do not have the constitutional authority, responsibility, and in most cases, the credentials to determine the constitutionality of any issue. Law enforcement officials should leave it to the courts to decide whether a law is constitutional or not."
(Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson)
Click to expand...

That troubles me, because it seems to be the attitude of so many politicians who figure they can pass a law and leave it up to someone else to challenge it to determine "constitutionality," when the document, and especially the Bill Of Rights, was written in language understandable to the layman.

As they say, what's so hard to understand about "shall not be infringed" and "the people?"

What's so hard to understand about why those ten Amendments were affixed to the Constitution?

Well, it was in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of the Federal Government's powers.

That's why.

Terry, 230RN
Click to expand...

Remember that Arapco is a blue county, despite having a large rural, gun owning population on the Eastern side. The City of Aurora gives Arapco it's mandates, much like Denver and a couple other cities tarnish the state as a whole.
 
Legislators should be required to read the federalist papers and pass a test on the founders intent.
 
Last I checked sheriff's enforced state law not federal. These sheriff's couldn't enforce a federal weapons ban even if they wanted to.
 
Last I checked sheriff's enforced state law not federal. These sheriff's couldn't enforce a federal weapons ban even if they wanted to.
Click to expand...

These sheriffs are not talking about not enforcing a ban; They're saying they won't allow it to be enforced. Some have threatened to arrest federal agents attempting to enforce unconstitutional laws, and some lawmakers have even proposed legislation that would make it a felony to attempt to enforce such laws.
 
some lawmakers have even proposed legislation that would make it a felony to attempt to enforce such laws.
Click to expand...

Which in itself is unconstitutional. It is well established that State cannot nullify federal law, and that when in conflict, federal law prevails.

That said, there is a proposal in New Hampshire to make it a felony to attempt to enforce federal law against arms and ammunition manufactured and sold within the state of New Hampshire. The theory being that since they are not involved in interstate commerce, Congress has no authority.

If this passes, it will be interesting to watch as it certainly has SCOTUS written all over it. Gutting the commerce clause would be a major victory.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Similar threads

hps1
  • Locked
Sheriff Calls for ‘Sanctuary County’ to Protect Gun Rights
2
Replies
32
Views
2K
Jammersix
Jammersix
O
  • Locked
Richland County deputies dies from self-inflicted gun shot
Replies
7
Views
1K
LiquidTension
L
W
  • Locked
And this is the reason for Arizona's new law
Replies
1
Views
688
Art Eatman
A
D
  • Locked
2 Customers Find Gun Store Clerk Dead
Replies
6
Views
939
GD
G
M
  • Locked
Deputy: Tree branch caused suspect's shooting
Replies
12
Views
635
Minator
M
Back
Top