This is why the Republican Primaries are so important... we need better candidates nominated rather than the feel-good nanny-staters that we've been cursed with so often.
Colorado Sheriffs Unite w/ Libertarian Think Tank, Plan to File Suit Against Gun Laws
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I contributed. I have to fight back somehow. While contributing I noticed tbat Kopel went to Michigan law, one of the best law schools in the nation. Sad that negative comments from someone on the internet foster a sense of hopelessness. It's not hopeless. The Independence Institute website mentioned also the 4th Amendment. Makes sense, basically the gun grabbing is a deprivation of property and the sheriff's are being forced to do something that may very well be unconstitutional. Maybe they do have standing. Seems like it to me. Glad I contributed.
CmdrSlander
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Magazine bans, no...
Handgun bans: yes in DC.
CCW Bans: Yes in Chicago.
Universal Background Checks at the state level will likely pass legal muster. At the Federal Level they can be challenged on 10th Amendment grounds.
We have recently seen the courts turn against the Second Amendment in the wake of the CT shooting. Maryland's requirement that CCW applicants provide "a substantial need" was upheld by a Federal Court after the state Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional and NY supreme court declined the demand for an injunction against the SAFE act even though it was passed in a wholly unorthodox and illegal manner. The SCOTUS is still conservative enough to strike down the more draconian Federal attempts at gun control but on the state level, most laws having to do with purchasing/carrying guns are okay under the police power wielded by state and local governments. Heller was certainly a victory for us but the test is "unreasonable infringement" and its difficult to define that, a Liberal court has said, basically, that getting a gun can be incredibly difficult (FOID, safe storage requirements, waiting periods, UBCs, gun licensing and registrations, etc.) as long as gun ownership is not banned outright, and that decision has gone unchallenged.
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ApacheCoTodd
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Having a Sheriff who's been federally targeted many times...
I applaud the Sheriffs who are taking the tough but correct stance on a national level issue.
I further recognize that as they are the products of very localized elections of relatively limited outside interference, they more truly represent the points of view of the average American and especially their own neighbors.
Rock on Sheriffs!
I applaud the Sheriffs who are taking the tough but correct stance on a national level issue.
I further recognize that as they are the products of very localized elections of relatively limited outside interference, they more truly represent the points of view of the average American and especially their own neighbors.
Rock on Sheriffs!
locnload
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"Does anyone have a list of which sheriffs are on board? Curious about mine in Mesa Co."
I'm quite sure that Mesa County Sherriff Stan Hilkey is on board. There are 62elected County Sherriffs in Colorado and the Colorado Sherriffs Association issued a statement against these bills before they were passed. Nearly half of them made it to the Capital to testify against them, although they were snubbed by the the soon to be unemployed political hacks. I have only heard a few peeps out of a couple of them from more liberal districts like Boullder County and Jefferson County ( home of former Sherriff Pat "pass the meth" Sullivan). They of course try to soften the langauge used to slap down the idiots at the Capital.
I'm quite sure that Mesa County Sherriff Stan Hilkey is on board. There are 62elected County Sherriffs in Colorado and the Colorado Sherriffs Association issued a statement against these bills before they were passed. Nearly half of them made it to the Capital to testify against them, although they were snubbed by the the soon to be unemployed political hacks. I have only heard a few peeps out of a couple of them from more liberal districts like Boullder County and Jefferson County ( home of former Sherriff Pat "pass the meth" Sullivan). They of course try to soften the langauge used to slap down the idiots at the Capital.
Carl N. Brown
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I know the Colorado AWB is a state law, but Tennessee is against local enforcement of a federal AWB.
A bill in the Tennessee State Legislature introduced by State Rep. James Van Huss to bar state or local officials from infringing on the right of the the citizens of this state to keep and bear arms by enforcing a federal gun ban failed in committee.
State Rep. Vance Dennis argued against the bill, pointing out it is already against state law for state or local officials to violate the law or state constitution in enforcing federal law so Van Huss' bill simply "codified what is already existing law" and "It does not do anything". That is, it does not do anything new, so a new law is not needed.
Federal agents would have to come into Tennessee to enforce a federal gun ban that violates state law and state constitutional protections, without local officials aiding and abetting.
A bill in the Tennessee State Legislature introduced by State Rep. James Van Huss to bar state or local officials from infringing on the right of the the citizens of this state to keep and bear arms by enforcing a federal gun ban failed in committee.
State Rep. Vance Dennis argued against the bill, pointing out it is already against state law for state or local officials to violate the law or state constitution in enforcing federal law so Van Huss' bill simply "codified what is already existing law" and "It does not do anything". That is, it does not do anything new, so a new law is not needed.
Federal agents would have to come into Tennessee to enforce a federal gun ban that violates state law and state constitutional protections, without local officials aiding and abetting.
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