The dirty secret is that Sheriff’s have ALWAYS decided what laws they would enforce and what ones they wouldn’t. I had the local sheriff tell me way back when the government banned those with misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence from owning guns that he would never enforce that law in his county, because, as he stated, “Some dude getting in a shouting match with the old lady is no reason to lose his 2nd amendment rights.”
That’s pretty fascinating, actually
The dirty secret is that Sheriff’s have ALWAYS decided what laws they would enforce and what ones they wouldn’t. I had the local sheriff tell me way back when the government banned those with misdemeanor convictions for domestic violence from owning guns that he would never enforce that law in his county, because, as he stated, “Some dude getting in a shouting match with the old lady is no reason to lose his 2nd amendment rights.”
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That’s exactly where the looney left is going with their ‘Red Flag’ laws. They wrap gun confiscation in the same phony mantle of taking away your guns to protect you.
This is a feature imo.
It concentrates power in the hands of the local gov, as it should be.
Sheriffs in rural Texas have always picked and chose the laws to enforce. If they didn’t they wouldn’t have a job for long.