Based on what is going on in New Jersey, it seems there is a concerted effort to undermine Sheriffs and their authority across the country. I sense there is something sinister going on here at the federal level. The Feds know that the sheriff is the grass roots defender of citizen rights. If need be, the sheriff is tasked with protecting the citizens from overreaching federal enforcement authority. If Feds seek to enforce Constitutionally invalid laws within the geographic jurisdiction of the sheriff, it is the sheriff’s job to prevent it from happening.
The Sheriff might want to suggest that journalist read about the battle of Athens TN to see what is REQUIRED just in case government becomes corrupt, even if that government might use a Sheriff or other LEO to protect the ruling elite.
This Sheriff seems to have a sound knowledge of the reason for the 2nd Amendment and would be an unlikely participant in an action similar to the battle of Athens TN.
When a government, certainly like our federal government, greatly usurps more power than is willingly given by the people, that government must be dismantled by any means possible.
In our case, that “means” is usually the ballot box unless you have a Department of Just-Us run by a white hating racist and affirmative action failure Holder, who is trying his damned best to stop states from cleaning up their voter rolls and requiring photo IDs.
Is Holder attempting to create a Battle of Athens moment? It sure seems so.
If Holder destroys our ballot box method of keeping our government within ONLY the powers we are willing to give it then what is PLAN B?
Thomas Jefferson knew PLAN B and even told us what it was. How many public school uneducated minds remember what Thomas Jefferson said?
That was a good read. I’m thinking that I’m a “Friend of Jim’s”.
Agreed, but a general test of a Sheriff is CCW permits. If the Sheriff issues CCW to all law abiding residents with a clean record who wish "to comply with the law", as normal procedure, then he is likely a "good guy" Sheriff.
All Sheriffs have associates and acquaintances and no Sheriff is without bias or perfect, but it is the basic attitude toward the Constitution and the citizenry that is important.
It sounds like the problem in Hamilton County is in the mind of a leftist newspaper reporter.
At this point in our Nation's history I distrust any MSM reporter more than the average Sheriff.