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Critical Question: ‘What If Sheriffs Don’t Enforce Gun Laws?’
libertyparkpress.com ^ | March 13, 2019 | Dave Workman

Posted on 03/27/2019 7:12:05 AM PDT by PROCON

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Ayn Rand's quote rings true; you can't vote individual's rights away.

That these County Sheriffs are standing firm on the 2nd Amendment is encouraging.

Washington State Attorney A**hole, Bob Ferguson, sent a letter to these Sheriffs stating, (paraphrasing):

"You'd better enforce these laws.....or....or....OR ELSE."

Staying tuned.

1 posted on 03/27/2019 7:12:05 AM PDT by PROCON
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2 posted on 03/27/2019 7:14:35 AM PDT by PROCON ('Progressive' is a Euphemism for Totalitarian)
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Most of the recent shooters have passed background checks.

Making private sales illegal is backdoor registration.


3 posted on 03/27/2019 7:16:02 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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The "problem" will arise in the counties where the Sheriff ATTEMPTS TO ENFORCE these unconstitutional laws.

Unenforcement = mumbling

Enforcement = blood

4 posted on 03/27/2019 7:22:48 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Hmmm. Since most sheriffs are elected, is it possible they could be removed from office and replaced by the AG or Gov? I believe several in NV have said they don’t have the time or resources to enforce private sales and thus, won’t.


5 posted on 03/27/2019 7:25:35 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: PROCON

So say we all. Please note my new tag line.


6 posted on 03/27/2019 7:34:48 AM PDT by Pecos (My rights as an individual are not subject to a public vote.)
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To: PROCON

Since gun “laws” are null and void attempted infringements of American citizens’ Rights, no sheriff should even think of trying to “enforce” them.


7 posted on 03/27/2019 7:37:12 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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And what if citizens openly resist them?


8 posted on 03/27/2019 7:39:26 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: PROCON

We are about to find out in Nevada. 2/3rds of the Sheriffs have taken a non-enforcement stance on the new gun transfer law. The governor has made threats but as far as I can tell he can’t back them up.


9 posted on 03/27/2019 7:42:59 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$
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“.....what happens next?”

The anti-gun people get their way. We live in a world of laws in the US. Some you might like others, not so much. But they are there and are, in enough cases, put in by the people or by the people voted in office.

You don’t like a law, did you vote against it when it is on the ballot. If you don’t like the person who got voted in to make that law, vote him/her out. The ultimate responsibility of the laws is that of the people either directly or by their decisions to be represented by someone.

We still live in a majority. It’s worked for about 250 years and has developed into the most successful country in history and one where people are willing to die to get into, legal or not. But while you are here and in a position to have a say in laws, again whether directly or entrusting the people who make them for you, don’t ignore them or support the people that do ignore them. That’s as much against the law as what the laws are for. And don’t blame someone else for the shortcomings.

And if you are so inclined to disagree that much, then go to another country or buy an island and start your own. I don’t agree with all the laws and their intent either. But I won’t break a bad law, I’ll work to get rid of it or modify it to be workable. That’s how a democracy works. And that alone is what makes our country so special. We can fix things by the people. Most other countries can’t without violating that law or another.

rwood


10 posted on 03/27/2019 7:53:18 AM PDT by Redwood71
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“.....what happens next?”

The anti-gun people get their way. We live in a world of laws in the US. Some you might like others, not so much. But they are there and are, in enough cases, put in by the people or by the people voted in office.

You don’t like a law, did you vote against it when it is on the ballot. If you don’t like the person who got voted in to make that law, vote him/her out. The ultimate responsibility of the laws is that of the people either directly or by their decisions to be represented by someone.

We still live in a majority. It’s worked for about 250 years and has developed into the most successful country in history and one where people are willing to die to get into, legal or not. But while you are here and in a position to have a say in laws, again whether directly or entrusting the people who make them for you, don’t ignore them or support the people that do ignore them. That’s as much against the law as what the laws are for. And don’t blame someone else for the shortcomings.

And if you are so inclined to disagree that much, then go to another country or buy an island and start your own. I don’t agree with all the laws and their intent either. But I won’t break a bad law, I’ll work to get rid of it or modify it to be workable. That’s how a democracy works. And that alone is what makes our country so special. We can fix things by the people. Most other countries can’t without violating that law or another.

rwood


11 posted on 03/27/2019 7:53:18 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: mad_as_he$$

I gather that it irks the power hungry that the sheeple refuse to be intimidated by their rhetoric and policies.

People refuse to be controlled *for their own good* and those who want to control everyone else’s lives can’t stand it.


12 posted on 03/27/2019 7:54:41 AM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: PROCON

All I will say is this. No government Federal, State, County, City can circumvent or remove anything that is a RIGHT GIVEN TO US BY THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS. Anyone that upholds the Constitution and Bill of Rights can AND MUST DO EVEYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO PROTECT THE GOD-FEARING, LAW-ABIDING AMERICAN CITIZENS, over the criminal, illegal alien, terrorists that are being protected, while he are being screwed by the government.


13 posted on 03/27/2019 7:56:17 AM PDT by RollingThunder
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Any person that has held office, been in the military or worked for the government has taken the oath of office in which you swear to uphold the Constitution of the United States. This oath requires, among other things, that a person supports the second amendment among many other things. 55 Sheriffs in Colorado sued the state over the previous gun laws. Now several say they will not support the Red Flag laws which lack any Constitutional protections for we the people.


14 posted on 03/27/2019 7:58:11 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Redwood71

How many British laws did the framers violate? You are living in the United States because the framers recognized that their rights come from God, not man, and that the British man made law was oppressive.

Our very founding documents enshrine the possibility of non-compliance and revolution when the government goes against the law of God.

You can willingly be a slave to “law.” No, I will not leave, I will not buy an island, nor will I go to another country. You can stamp your feet, you can scream, you can cry about the law, but there is nothing that you can do to change that fact.

We aren’t a Democracy, and inalienable rights don’t come from the government or the people. They come from our Creator. You can be a slave if you like, I choose another path.


15 posted on 03/27/2019 8:01:41 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: Redwood71

When tryanny becomes law the social contract of civil society is broken and government loses legitimacy. No free man is obligated to abide. Such “law” is to be ignored if liberty is to survive


16 posted on 03/27/2019 8:06:08 AM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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State Police will make well publicized examples of enforcing the laws that Sheriffs do not.


17 posted on 03/27/2019 8:06:13 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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The previous AG said that cities and counties also don’t have to allow marijuana growing, processing, and sales operations in their jurisdictions, even though that Initiative 502 was approved.

I don’t understand how an initiative can pass and now these AG rulings, which are nothing but their “legal opinion”, can come in a cherry pick how it does/does not have to be enforced.

In Yakima County the commissioners are shutting down 20 major, state licensed grow operations, because the initiative failed in that county. The growers even offered to pay the county $25,000/ each ($500,000) annually to the county as a “permit” fee. The commissioners didn’t even counter-offer. There has been no crime associated with these operations but the Board said not only no , but get the hell out of the County!

On another note their also trying to shut a national motorcycle hill climb event because they don’t want the crowds.


18 posted on 03/27/2019 8:07:17 AM PDT by shotgun
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Sheriffs in California said they would not enforce the laws when California rushed through their “A-s-s-ault Rifle” ban.

That was thirty years ago. Do they still feel the same today


19 posted on 03/27/2019 8:22:58 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: RollingThunder

Our right to own firearms for self-defense does NOT come from the Constitution or from the Bill of Rights.

It comes from God.

The Constitution only protects citizens from the government.

The distinction is vitally important.


20 posted on 03/27/2019 8:23:00 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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