Representative Thomas Massie On 2A Sanctuaries
BY Herschel Smith4 years, 10 months ago
Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie thinks some local law enforcement leaders will be willing to go to jail rather than comply with state gun control laws they deem unconstitutional.
“Attended my first 2A sanctuary meeting today in Lewis County (where I live). Standing room only. Friends and neighbors spoke passionately and articulately. County officials unanimously passed a resolution,” Massie tweeted on Dec. 30. “This grassroots movement feels even stronger than the Tea Party in 2010.”
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Massie cited Weld County, Colorado Sheriff Steve Reams, a critic of the state’s “red flag” law, who has offered to put himself in his own jail rather than enforce the state law.
“His county government has already voted to fund his legal fees should he end up in a protracted legal battle that might go all the way” to the Supreme Court, Massie told the Washington Examiner.
“And so that’s one of the things that when you boil it all down and say, ‘What does the sanctuary county movement mean?’” Massie said. “So, what it could mean is that county governments decide to use taxpayer dollars, with the blessing of the taxpayers in those counties, to support the sheriffs in their court battles.”
Massie compared the potential circumstances to the jailing of Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis by a judge when she refused to sign same-sex marriage certificates in 2015.
“A lot of people didn’t think she was willing to do this, but she resisted a judge’s order to issue marriage licenses with her name on it, and she refused to do it, and he found her in contempt and threw her in jail without a jury trial,” Massie said.
“So, she was basically a political prisoner,” Massie said. “She stayed in jail until it became a national issue.”
That is a horrible analogy. She lost her legal battle, cost the state a quarter of a million dollars in legal fees, and then lost her bid for reelection.
I do like Thomas Massie, but listen to me sir. This isn’t anything at all like Kim Davis. That time has come and gone. The ballot box is corrupted, the voice box is being used now, and the warning to the Virginia legislators is to use the cartridge box next.
That cannot be an empty warning. If it is, no one should be issuing the warning at all. If the next step is to turn to the black-robed tyrants, you will lose, just like Ms. Davis. So-called “assault weapons” bans are in place in New York and Connecticut and have been for some time. No state or federal court has ever struck them down.
If you trust your future to the tyrants, you’ll be disappointed. When Sheriffs say they will deputize a posse, they must mean it. State agents will have to be put in county prisons. Road blocks will have to be set up. Show downs will occur, and they’ll be armed show downs. Teams of agents will have to refuse to do the bidding of the state tyrants for fear of the consequences. The same goes for the national guard troops.
I’m not getting the vibe that the participants understand all of this. I’m virtually certain the Sheriffs don’t.
On January 3, 2020 at 5:27 am, Duke Norfolk said:
Yes, indeed. If the most they’re willing to do is “throw myself in jail, and fight it all the way to to the SCOTUS”, then that’s not nearly enough. In the meantime, either federal agents will be taking guns from the sheriff’s constituents and/or there will be a shooting war on. But by God they’ll be fighting it out in court. So brave! (I recognize it’s not my neck on the line here, yet, so it’s easy to say this behind my keyboard. But it’s still the truth of the matter.)
They either don’t get it yet at all, or they’re fearful of saying it out loud, hoping their legal bluster will carry the day. I’m afraid it’s the former.
On January 3, 2020 at 6:55 am, Badger said:
Seems to me that citizens worthy of having a Sheriff stand up in front of them to TPTB should be resolute enough to protect their Sheriff from being put in lockup in the first place.
On January 3, 2020 at 11:10 am, George 1 said:
Also of note, is that Kentucky and their government love Refugees and the replacement of Americans. Trump recently signed an executive order to allow states to opt out of having refugees (mostly muslims that our betters find from scouring the world) brought to their states.
Last I checked no Red State has taken Trump up on the deal. The Kentucky Governor, in fact, made a big deal of how refugees are welcome in Kentucky. So it is clear that the vast majority of elected officials do not care at all about American freedom, or the 2A. If they did they would not actively be importing revolution.
On January 3, 2020 at 11:32 am, revjen45 said:
They have tried to ban 80% receivers. Do they know that you can pour a receiver into a mold?
On January 4, 2020 at 6:15 pm, Chris Mallory said:
Sorry George, you are wrong about Kentucky. The newly elected constitutional officers have not yet been sworn in, other than the governor. The ex governor picked a fight with the teacher’s unions and as a result lost his election. The state legislature has not yet convened for the year.