Daily Signal: Nearly a month after a tragic mass shooting shook Umpqua
Community College, a rural Oregon county roughly two hours west of the
school passed a measure directing the sheriff to bypass state and
federal gun laws if he judges them unconstitutional. Coos County residents smoothly approved the Second Amendment
Preservation Ordinance Tuesday with more than 60 percent voting for its
passage. The ordinance bars public employees from using county funds to
enforce any laws the sheriff deems unconstitutional.
It also prohibits enforcement of Oregon’s recent law requiring
background checks on private gun transfers, including transactions
between friends. County employees who violate the measure could face a
$2,000 fine.
Rob Taylor, a retired optician who sponsored the measure, said the
residents he spoke to while helping collect nearly 2,000 signatures to
place the initiative on the November ballot were “thrilled” about it.
“We are a big gun ownership area. Coos County has the highest
percentage of concealed carry licenses in the entire state,” Taylor told
The Daily Signal. “They’re tired of having their rights eroded, and not
just under the Second Amendment, all of their rights, so they were
thrilled that somebody was trying to do something about it.”
The National Rifle Association said the measure’s passage reflected a uniform sentiment among gun owners in the U.S.
“The ordinance passed in Coos County is a sign of the frustration
law-abiding gun owners are feeling all across the country.” NRA
spokesman Lars Dalseide told The Daily Signal.
"prohibits enforcement of Oregon’s recent law requiring background checks" - sounds like a great idea.
ReplyDeleteFirst, Oregon is in the "liberal" camp. Second, this proclamation is not against background checks, only those background checks that are worded in such a way as to be unconstitutional.
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