The sheriffs resisting Washington's new gun laws: 'I'm not going to enforce that'

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In Ferry county in eastern Washington, more than 72% of voters rejected I-1639. In the county’s only incorporated city, Republic, the police chief Loren Culp asked the council in November to declare the city a “second amendment sanctuary”. That vote has been delayed until March, but in the meantime, like Songer, Culp says he will not enforce.

The sheriff in Ferry county, Ray Maycumber, told the Guardian that he would not be enforcing the laws either, at least until the NRA’s litigation is completed.

“There’s a window of time when I get to make the assessment”, he said. Should the NRA not succeed, he said, he would “consider if I want to go on in the job”.

The “sanctuary” idea has caught on with other rightwing activists. Matt Marshall is the leader of the Washington Three Percent, a patriot movement group which has held several open carry rallies in downtown Seattle in the last year.

Marshall is attempting to persuade rural Washington counties to adopt local second amendment sanctuary ordinances. Next week, together with the Patriot Prayer founder and former Senate candidate Joey Gibson, he is addressing a meeting of Lewis and Pierce counties to try to persuade them to adopt resolutions which would mean that the gun laws were not enforced.

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The interesting thing about law enforcement is that in most cases law enforcement agencies do not have to enforce any laws. They can chose to give a warning or just ignore the law outright. There are only a few laws that require an arrest. Domestic violence is one of them that requires an arrest.

It seems these Sheriffs are choosing to follow the ultimate law the land (the US Constitution) instead of local laws.

I know alot of people in law enforcement that say the same thing.