Posted on 01/22/2013 6:59:53 AM PST by Second Amendment First
JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo (KMOX) – As President Barack Obama continues to push gun control proposals in Washington D.C., Sheriff Charles M. Heiss, R-Johnson County is asking fellow law enforcers to sign and send this letter to the president.
The letter expresses concern with the Obama administration and the president’s gun control laws he laid out before Congress last week.
“It appears to me and many Americans that there is a genuine desire on the part of your administration to restrict the Second Amendment rights of law abiding American citizens in the interest of curbing gun violence in our nation,” Heiss wrote. “Any attempt to restrict these Second Amendment rights through executive order is unconstitutional and tantamount to an all-out assault on the United States Constitution.”
In the letter Heiss tells the president that he has a duty to protect his constituents from incidents of crime, and has the responsibility to protect and preserve their rights and liberties.
Newly elected Sheriff Michael Dixon, R-Osage County is one of about a dozen sheriffs in Missouri to have signed and sent Heiss’ letter.
“On the same day the President is taking his oath to uphold the Constitution, he continues to attack our 2nd Amendment rights,” Dixon said. “As Osage County Sheriff, I also took an Oath to the Constitution; but unlike Obama, I intend to uphold mine.”
Dixon also announced his support of Missouri house bill (HB 170). The bill, introduced last week, would make criminals of any law enforcement official, local, state or federal, who tried to enforce any of President Obama’s gun control initiatives, whether executive orders or passed by Congress.
“President Obama should quit his attempts to take guns out of the hands of law abiding citizens and instead focus on stopping the criminals that will get them no matter what. It is imperative we strengthen the penalty for criminals who use weapons in the commission of a crime or to cause bodily harm.”
Dixon said his office will not enforce any gun control proposals that Obama passes if they violate the Constitution and points to gun control efforts and crime statistics as proof gun bans do not work.
“The President comes from Chicago, the city with the strictest gun laws and worst gun violence in the country. It has been proven time and time again that taking guns from law abiding citizens only emboldens thugs, thieves, and rapists, not stop them from committing crimes,” Dixon said.
No it isn’t. This is about individual states standing up to the fed govt. These 2 issues are perfect examples, how else has this manifested itself recently?
This is what we’ve been saying we wanted for a long time, isn’t it?
Ok so bring up abortion, gay marriage, and anything else on every gun thread I guess as well. I sure wish there was an ignore function.
Hey, everything that happens nowadays ties into something else, that’s just the way it is. Freepers already bring abortion and gay stuff into conversations here all the time.
There is an ignore function available...don’t hit POST.
is there a major city PD that has stood to protect the second amendment?
this issue has become a de-facto litmust test. At the innauguration Obama used “collectivism” as code for communism. (the MSM is try to protect their commune).
This one issue can make or break a candidate and define their positions on the other conservative issues.
For someone who is fairly recent to this forum, you sure want to dictate what is appropriate discussion to old timers here.
Guns, drugs and immigration are all appropriate issues in states rights and the constitution discussion, which is part of what this posting is about.
If you want an ignore function, go to a liberal site where you can block out opinions you don’t want to hear.
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