That's good too. Anyone else?
Gun-Rights Counties Vow to Resist New Restrictionshttps://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2019/04/02/gun-rights-counties-vow-to-resist-new-restrictions
Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace rallies protesters last month against gun control legislation outside the New Mexico State Capitol. Mace is
one of 29 New Mexico sheriffs who said they won’t enforce new state gun laws.
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So far, sheriffs and county commissioners in rural Washington, Oregon, New Mexico, and Illinois have expressed their determination not to heed the new laws put in place by Democratic state legislatures...
https://www.bustle.com/p/sheriffs-in-gun-sanctuary-counties-are-refusing-to-enforce-some-gun-safety-laws-16780918* * * * *
Washington
https://www.npr.org/2019/02/21/696400737/when-sheriffs-wont-enforce-the-lawLast fall, voters in Washington state approved a package of firearms restrictions, generally called I-1639. It raises the minimum age for buying semi-automatic rifles, tightens background checks and makes it a crime to fail to store a gun safely, if the gun ends up in the wrong hands.
The restrictions have raised the ire of some county sheriffs.
"My plan is not to enforce it," says Klickitat County Sheriff Bob Songer.
Songer is one of about a dozen sheriffs, mostly in rural parts of the state, who have come out against the law. Some say they will apply certain measures — for instance, the background checks — but will ignore others. One sheriff said he is not going to arrest a 20-year-old farmer who happens to have a semi-automatic rifle with him on his tractor.
Songer is more absolutist. "As an elected sheriff and a constitutional sheriff, I believe it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution," he says, "and, more specifically, violates the Washington state Constitution." Songer adds he won't enforce it unless — and until — the Supreme Court says it is constitutional.
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Wash. police chief says he won't enforce new gun law The law raises the legal age to buy a semi-automatic rifle to 21, from 18, requiring enhanced background checkshttps://www.policeone.com/chiefs-sheriffs/articles/482125006-Wash-police-chief-says-he-wont-enforce-new-gun-law/REPUBLIC, Wash. — Loren Culp, the police chief in Republic, pop. 1,100, recently got a big shout-out from Ted Nugent, the “Cat Scratch Fever” rocker who these days is also known for his gun-rights and conservative views, and calls himself the “Motor City Madman.”
Not only is the chief — the entire Republic police force consists of Culp and a deputy — not going to enforce the law, but on Monday night, the City Council is going to take up for discussion an ordinance proposed by the chief.
He’s titled it the “2nd Amendment Sanctuary City Ordinance,” borrowing the “sanctuary” wording long used to describe places that limit how local law enforcement cooperates with federal immigration authorities.
The proposal certainly doesn’t mince its purpose.
First, it says that “all federal and State acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms, firearm accessories, and ammunition are a violation of the 2nd Amendment.”
Then, it says that any such laws are “hereby declared to be invalid in the City of Republic.”
Culp says the response has been overwhelmingly positive from the locals.