How Gun-Control Legislation Is Affecting This Election

Forbes ^ | 10/22/14 | Miniter

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Many sheriffs in states that recently passed gun-control laws have signed letters saying they are opposed to the laws, saying the gun bans won’t make America safer. Some even say they won’t enforce these new laws. This has gotten some press. What hasn’t been reported is the very governors in New York, Connecticut and Maryland who signed those gun and magazine bans are also reluctant to enforce these laws. It seems they don’t want a political backlash. They don’t want journalists making martyrs out of otherwise law-abiding citizens who might be charged with felonies for doing what they’ve done all their lives. This is where politics runs into reality. It’s a collision voters need to hear more about.

Actually, a majority of sheriffs in New York and Colorado publicly oppose the new gun-control laws. Sheriffs are in a unique position to speak out, as nearly all of America’s 3,080 sheriffs are elected. These sheriffs aren’t standing alone like Gary Cooper in “High Noon.” Polls show that a lot of the men and women who protect us support the Second Amendment. In 2013, a survey of police officers by the National Association of Chiefs of Police found that 86.8 percent of those surveyed think “any law-abiding citizen [should] be able to purchase a firearm for sport and self-defense.” Also, a survey done by PoliceOne.com of 15,000 law-enforcement professionals found that almost 90 percent of officers believe that casualties related to guns would be decreased if armed citizens were present at the onset of an active-shooter incident. More than 80 percent of PoliceOne’s respondents support arming schoolteachers and administrators who willingly volunteer to train with firearms... a federal ban on the manufacture and sale of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds wouldn’t reduce violent crime.

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Mike Lewis’ father comes in and gives us a tour. After a lot of small talk about guns and the Old West the Mike’s father picks up a single-action Colt .45, gets dead serious, and says, “No one is going to take my guns away.”

Sheriff Lewis says just as seriously as his eyes glisten, “I won’t let them dad.”

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“It seems they don’t want a political backlash. They don’t want journalists making martyrs out of otherwise law-abiding citizens who might be charged with felonies for doing what they’ve done all their lives. This is where politics runs into reality. It’s a collision voters need to hear more about. “

Yeh they don’t want CWII which is what they are going to get if they keep pushing the envelope.

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Any Rand talked about people who want to pass laws without enforcing those laws, and I thought she was overstating outrageously. In the real world of today, they are using her word as a blueprint and then going beyond that level. The thugs on the far left are evil, and they disgust me beyond FR-appropriate words.