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OH: Another Sheriff asks Permit Holders to Carry Their Guns
Gun Watch ^ | 9 December, 2015 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 12/10/2015 6:25:22 AM PST by marktwain



In the weeks following the San Bernardino massacre, several Sheriff's and Police Chiefs have called for people who can legally carry arms to carry them for increased security of themselves and others.  Law officers as diverse as Detroit Police Chief James Craig of Detroit and Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona have asked people who can legally carry firearms to carry at all times that they are out and about.

Now Sheriff Helmig of Ohio has added his name to the growing list.  The concept is not new.  It is as old as mankind and has been recognized as effective for all of history, less the last hundred years, when "progressive" propagandists have attempted to convince everyone who they wish disarmed, that disarmed people are "safer" than people who are armed.  They may well be "safer" for those who wish to rob and kill them.  As the propagandist's stranglehold on the media cartel is loosening, voices or reason are being heard above the incessant and increasingly ineffectual calls for citizen disarmament.  From the Boone County Sheriff Facebook page:

 I have reminded my current and retired Deputy Sheriffs of their responsibility to carry their firearms while off-duty.  I would also like to remind the people who have applied, been trained, and issued a license to carry a Concealed Deadly Weapon (CCDW) that they also have a responsibility to carry their firearm, which they are proficient with, for the safety of themselves and others. It is also the responsibility of everyone to refresh themselves with the laws that govern the privilege and great responsibility that accompany being a CCDW license holder.
 Even the Police Chief in the extreme anti Second Amendment rights city of the District of Columbia acknowledged that on significant option for a citizen confronted with a terror attack was to fight.  This was the common sense approach for millennia.  It was only with the rise of the mass media and the ability to propagandise millions at a time that the idea of "safety in disarmament" was given any credence.  Police chiefs and Sheriffs in New York and the Sheriff of Milwaukee County David Clarke, are calling for armed citizens to be part of the national defensive system.

Police carry guns to defend themselves.  It is not surprising that they understand the utility of doing so.

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KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2ndamendment; banglist; california; election2016; guncontrol; johnkasich; newyork; oh; ohio; sanbernadino; sanbernardino; secondamendment; sheriff; sheriffhelmig; trump
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To: defconw

Yep. Burlington, Kentucky. Cincinnati metro area, which is why the confusion.


21 posted on 12/10/2015 7:34:13 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto

Makes sense.


22 posted on 12/10/2015 7:38:06 AM PST by defconw (Fight all error, and do it with good humor, patience, kindness and love. -St. John Cantius)
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To: marktwain

At least three in Florida, including mine, have done the same.


23 posted on 12/10/2015 7:40:24 AM PST by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: CodeToad
“3) In some states, Sheriffs can organize both posses and declare martial law during “ I’ve never heard of it. Mayors for towns and Governor for cities, but I’ve never heard of Sheriff’s having county level martial law authority.

IIRC there are three (3) people over our sheriff here in Central AR, first, the Governor, head of all law enforcement. Second, the Attorney's General of AR, followed by each counties judge. Constitutionally, only the CORONER can remove the sheriff in AR. Strange.

Only the GOV or acting governor can call up a militia. The sheriff, however, can deputize any law abiding land owning resident.

I was at an New Madrid earthquake drill/tabletop exercise, when Huckabee was in office, the State Police Director (Phillips I believe) answered how we could supplement LEO and ARNG forces for anti-looting activities in case soldiers and first responders were, in fact, digging their own families out of rubble.

The ASP director told the Governors table that they had 125,000 citizens with concealed handgun permits and that the governor could either call up the militia or leave it to each county sheriff and/or judge to be deputized. Huckabee said that he would rather have them under the Gov/AG/ASP control for more streamlining of directions and control. ASP director said that he could have 25,000 armed men and women meet at War Memorial stadium for a briefing and then call them up from there.

Completely fascinating and glad I live in the south.

We already had one Ozark Sheriff threaten that he would deputize the whole county if the feds tried for gun grab.....which would make every law abiding citizen in the county LEOSA compliant and thus exempt from all types of gun control.

24 posted on 12/10/2015 7:43:07 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: technically right

I think you will like it. I can shoot mine almost as well as a full size. In my opinion it has an ideal trigger for a gun that may get used in a high stress situation. If you can find the Italian mags grab them. They not only look better, but slide in and out of the gun better. Radiusing the edge of the mag with a fine file and sandpaper where it contacts the release will help insertion and cut down on wear to the release. Something I do with all mags.


25 posted on 12/10/2015 7:53:34 AM PST by CrazyIvan (Hey Pope Francis- The Gospels are not Matthew, Marx, Luke and John.)
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To: CrazyIvan

I really like the trigger pull on the 9S. Much better than the original LC9’s hammer fire set up.

Thanks for the tips on the mags. I will check that out.


26 posted on 12/10/2015 8:14:14 AM PST by technically right
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To: DCBryan1

Totally agree with your comments. A Sheriff can deputize.


27 posted on 12/10/2015 8:28:27 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: CodeToad

At that level martial law is called a “state of emergency”, and there is considerable overlapping authority.


28 posted on 12/10/2015 10:45:26 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: CodeToad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States

“Historically, the sheriff was also commander of the militia in that county.”


29 posted on 12/10/2015 10:55:17 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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