Posted on 06/06/2013 1:16:30 PM PDT by neverdem
A Maryland sheriff has declared the state's new gun control law unconstitutional and is asking county officials to support selective enforcement of the measure.
The Cumberland Times-News reports that Garrett County Sheriff Robert Corley voiced his opposition to the law at Tuesday's county commissioners meeting and presented the panel with a resolution he says protects citizens' rights.
"I believe that the [Maryland Firearms Safety Act] violates the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution that clearly states, 'The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed,'" Corley was quoted as saying.
Corley said he plans to reserve enforcement of the new law except when someone is suspected of a violent crime, has been convicted of a prior felony or has been adjudicated with a dangerous mental illness.
"I'm asking you to join me in my commitment to the law -abiding citizens of Garrett County because such enforcement will greatly reduce the likelihood of criminalizing law-abiding citizens," said Corley.
The law set to take effect Oct. 1 gives Maryland some of the nation's tightest gun restrictions, which the National Rifle Association plans to challenge in court. Part of the law requires people to submit fingerprints to the state police to get a license to buy a handgun and bans 45 guns and limits gun magazines to 10 bullets. It also bans gun ownership by people who have been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility...
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Where is my carry license.
Forget that, Marylanders have no rights, but it is good to see one Sheriff stand up for Marylanders.
You are in Maryland the United States Constitution does not apply
When is this Sheriff going to get arrested by the Gestapo?
Them uppity rednecks in Garrett county again. When will they just get with the program?
;-)
Where does the Constitution say that "the right to keep and bear arms will not be infringed except for someone who is suspected of a violent crime, someone who has been convicted of a prior felony, or someone who has been adjudicated with a dangerous mental illness?" If the Maryland law is a violation of the Second Amendment then it's a violation for everyone. The sheriff is no more empowered to selectively deny Constitutional rights than he is to decide if a law is unconstitutional in the first place.
I live in a WV county which is next to Garrett county, they are more like WV there than they are MD.
He’s refusing to enforce it. Nullification lives.
Good for him.
Score one for the good guys!
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Pretty country up there. I’m debating whether to move up that way. If I do move to Maryland it will be to West Virginia ;)
I wonder how many IRS audits he will get.
Thanks for the ping. Isolated gesture by law enforcement, but it’s something.
One of the greatest place names in the entire USA is in Garrett County: Accident, Maryland. It is on US 219 near the Deep Creek Lake area.
Really remote but really beautiful part of the world.
You sure are right about that. Nice looking place.
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