Local sheriffs are the preeminent legal authority in the country and have the power, by constitutional design, to prevent or refuse enforcement of federal statutes which violate the U.S. Constitution or their oaths of office, according to one former sheriff who has battled the Feds over gun laws and won.
Richard Mack, the one-time sheriff of Graham County, Ariz., said in a recent interview withWorldNetDaily.com that he joined with then-Rivalli County Sheriff Jay Printz in a successful lawsuit against the federal government during President Clinton’s terms during the 1990s to oppose provisions of the Brady Bill gun-control law.
Since winning that battle, Mack has been a leader in the movement emphasizing the roles and responsibilities of local sheriffs. And now that gun control is once again at the forefront of domestic policy, both inside the Obama White House and Congress, Mack says once more that hope remains in local law enforcement.
‘I hope and pray sheriffs won’t allow anymore gun control‘
“Gun control is illegal, and it’s against the Constitution,” Mack said, noting that the process of opposing such mandates and laws is not a complicated process. “What people don’t realize is that the Second Amendment was designed to protect us from the power of the federal government.”
Mack said he expects elected county sheriffs across the country to defend the rights of their constituents.
“I hope and pray America’s sheriffs won’t allow anymore gun control. The sheriffs need to be united in letting the federal government know that we’re not going to allow it,” he told WND.
“In the ’90s when I was the sheriff of Graham County, Ariz., we worked with other sheriffs and stopped two or three Brady Bills,” he said, a legal battle he talks about in seminars with sheriffs.
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