Sheriff Joe: “I’m NOT Confiscating Guns”– ‘I don’t care what they say from Washington’
Posted by By GeorgeM at 25 January, at 17 : 53 PM Print
“I took [multiple] oaths of office, and they all say I will defend the Constitution of the United States,” Arpaio told Mike Broomhead of KFYI Radio in Phoenix, Ariz (LISTEN to audio). “Now if they’re going to tell the sheriff that he’s going to go around picking up guns from everybody, they’re going to have a problem. I may not enforce that federal law.”
Broomhead pushed the man sometimes called “America’s toughest sheriff” even further, asking Arpaio if the feds passed a law banning ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, would his deputies confiscate such magazines?
“No,” Arpaio said. “My deputies, I said before, I’m going to arm all my deputies – a month ago I said before this – with automatic weapons and semi-automatic weapons. We’re going to be able to fight back. … I don’t care what they say from Washington.”
Arpaio expressed a certain camaraderie with many other sheriffs around the country who have similarly warned they will not enforce what they believe to be infringements on the citizens’ 2nd Amendment right to bear arms.
Some of the strongest language to that effect has come from Utah, where 28 of the state’s 29 elected sheriffs signed a letter to President Obama warning him not to send federal agents to start confiscating guns.
“[M]ake no mistake,” the sheriffs wrote, “as the duly-elected sheriffs of our respective counties, we will enforce the rights guaranteed to our citizens by the Constitution. No federal official will be permitted to descend upon our constituents and take from them what the Bill of Rights – in particular Amendment II – has given them.
“We, like you swore a solemn oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” the sheriffs concluded, “and we are prepared to trade our lives for the preservation of its traditional interpretation.”
Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2013/01/sheriff-joe-arpaio-im-not-confiscating-g…
I emaled retired Col. Lawrence Sellin read his letter at Orly’s site. His email is at the bottom of his letter. He emaled me back and said to get everybody ready. He will lead us. You can order all the guns and ammo u want at cheapr than dirt. Pass the word. I already did. Get ready George.
AnthonyJ, 3 months ago
Cheaper than Dirt isn’t cheaper than dirt anymore.
Lawrence is a good man. A very passionate patriot, retired military, with certain “skills.”
We should focus on “Oathkeeper” strategy right now, to help insure that military and law enforcement are on the side of the People and will not perform unconstitutional acts, including firing upon Citizens, detaining them, or confiscating their property, including weapons.
Certain people on this site attempt to incite people.
GeorgeM, 3 months ago
From Brian Reilly:
To All:
Sheriff Richard Mack notified me today at 5:04 pm that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is on the list of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association.( See WND article link below.)
Thanks to all who asked for clarification as to his stand regarding gun confiscation in Maricopa County by the Obama Federal government. Simply put, Sheriff Joe Arpaio said “I ‘m not confiscating guns.”
Many thanks to Sheriff Arpaio for clarifying his stand to the citizens of Maricopa County. He still is the “Toughest Sheriff In America.”
Regards,
Brian Reilly
GeorgeM, 3 months ago