I never leave my house unarmed—and I live in a “safe” area.
^^Sheriff^^
The chief law-enforcement officer in the county.
All municipal LEO should bow before him or suffer his wrath.
‘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.’
privilege???
Excellent. I’m sure the “shelter in place” lords are grinding their teeth over this.
Shelton, WA sheriff said: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2229368/posts
I spent about 3.5 hrs of rifle marksmanship training on an Ohio range yesterday. Shot up about 200 rounds of .308 win. managed three consecutive 200 yard 3 round groups of approximately 1 inch (though ost groups were averaging about 1 MOA) Not bad from a semi-automatic rifle. Ultimate conclusions of the day were: neck turning is a waste of time with an Armalite AR10t; aim small, miss small; I need to research copper equilibrium in rifle barrels; need to consider a better scope with higher magnification, probably another vortex viper pst 6-24 ffp. And the liberals think we’re untrained. LOL.
A really important next step for Sheriffs, in those states where their Common Law authority is recognized, is for them to deputize “All adult persons of good character”. This idea is based on several things:
1) The Sheriff is the de facto head of his counties’ militia in Common Law.
2) The Sheriff may issue a “Hue and Cry” order, urging citizens to stop ongoing crime and to catch escaped prisoners. (The oath of office for constables in Tennessee specifically mentions that it is the duty of the constable to sound the hue and cry.)
3) In some states, Sheriffs can organize both posses and declare martial law during disasters, both to warn the public and to solicit volunteer responders.
So why deputize “All adult persons of good character”?
To start with, this deputization would be entirely voluntary, but it would *require* deputies to arm themselves, again entirely voluntarily, along the lines of Kennesaw, Georgia. As the lowest level of LEO, such an order would immunize them from gun confiscation. To get around it, the federal government would have to disarm all LEOs in the state after declaring martial law in the entire state.
If authorized by the state, a Sheriff could do this if there was a riot in a city, effectively using the armed militia to maintain order, while freeing up his uniformed deputies for the important stuff.
In the instance of a terrorist attack like in Paris, or in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, such a militia could quickly overwhelm even a platoon of terrorists, if it could be rallied rapidly.
A few decades ago, to get a concealed carry permit in the county where I lived in Alabama you were placed on a list of reserve deputies who could be called to serve if the Sheriff of the county needed more ‘force’. I thought that was a good idea, at the time.
The author of the piece made a mistake. There is no Boone County in Ohio. Kentucky most likely, that being said. Good for him.
This is Boone county Kentucky. There is no Boone county in Ohio.
At least three in Florida, including mine, have done the same.