Jay Blackwell, one of the Examiner.com civil rights reporters has taken on the task of reporting the national opposition to the Obama Administrations efforts to create new gun-bans in the wake of the horrific Sandy Hook shooting. The list below is taken from;
Sheriffs will not enforce Obama gun control laws; List reasons for defiance - Long Island Civil Liberties | Examiner.com. I've checked his links and verified his compilation (but don't take my word or Jay's - do your own research).
- Oregon:
Linn County Sheriff Tim Mueller
Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin
Baker County Sheriff Mitchell Southwick
Josephine County Sheriff Gil Gilbertson
Crook County Sheriff Jim Hensley
Coos County Sheriff Craig Zanni
Curry County Sheriff John Bishop
Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer
Washington County Sheriff Pat Garrett
- Colorado:
El Paso County Colorado Sheriff Terry Maketa
Larimer County Sheriff Justin Smith
Mesa County Sheriff Stan Hilkey
Weld County Sheriff John Cooke
- Alabama:
Madison County Sheriff Blake Dorning
Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin (not confirmed)
Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes
- California:
El Dorado County Sheriff John D’Agostini
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims
Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson
- Missouri:
Johnson County Sheriff Charles Heiss
Lawrence County Sheriff Brad DeLay
Livingston County Sheriff Steve Cox
- Arizona:
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Yavapai County Sheriff Scott Mascher
- Florida:
Martin County Sheriff Bill Snyder
Bay County Florida Sheriff Frank McKiethen
- Georgia:
Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison
Gilmer County Sheriff Stacy Nicholson
- Idaho:
Canyon County, Idaho Sheriff Kieran Donahue
Madison County Sheriff Roy Klingler
- Ohio:
Boone County Sheriff Michael A. Helmig
Clermont County Sheriff A.J. Rodenberg
- South Carolina:
Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon
Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright
- Kansas:
Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning
- Kentucky:
Jackson County Sheriff Denny Peyman
- Minnesota:
Pine County Sheriff Robin Cole
- Nevada:
Humboldt County Sheriff Ed Kilgore
- Texas:
Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith
States where lawmakers are proposing "non-enforcement" legislation:
- Alaska
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Wyoming
Utah Sheriffs take stance on gun control | FOX13Now.com – Salt Lake City, Utah News & Weather from KSTU Television FOX 13. The Utah Sheriff's Assoc. has written a strongly worded letter to Obama. Twenty-eight of the 29 Sheriff's signed the letter - Jim Winder of Salt Lake County did not sign. There was a strong hint that the Sheriffs thought that confiscation would be pursued, and vowed to stop such, even to the point of lethal force. Possibly why Sheriff Winder would not sign the letter.