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June 3, 2011, 07:00 PM | #1 |
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Is San Francisco County Sheriff Michael Hennessey Above The Law?
After 32 years in office, San Francisco County Sheriff Michael Hennessey believes that every common, law-abiding Californian's basic, fundamental, and enumerated civil right to self-defense does not deserve to be honored within his jurisdiction. What do you think?
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June 3, 2011, 07:19 PM | #2 |
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I see you posted the same thing (under a different user name) over at CalGuns.
Ah... Having just read your article, I see you are in communication with CGF (via Brandon Combs). Nice article, by the way. Thanks for bringing this to the attention of TFL members from CA who have yet to discover the weight of CalGuns. Now personally, I believe Sheriff Hennessey will need to be sued, in order to bring him and his dept. in compliance. |
June 3, 2011, 07:24 PM | #3 |
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Politics should have got him by now. Except that most of his constituency probably thinks just like him. So he continues to stick.
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June 4, 2011, 04:51 AM | #4 |
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Yeah, I am in close contact with several CGF Foundation Board Members and they are a very dedicated bunch of guys. We have really been able to coordinate well in our struggle to restore 2A rights in California this year and that is really because the different gun rights groups are really coming together in a very effective way. The tide is turning in our favor in the Golden State.
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June 4, 2011, 07:04 AM | #5 |
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The sheriff, and others like him, should not be ignoring the law. Why have y'all let him slide for so long? Why do you let the others slide.
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June 4, 2011, 09:03 AM | #6 |
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Interesting. I wonder how long it will take him to finally comply? I am sure he has been threatened with a law suit before.
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CA does not have a 2A analog in their constitution. Even after Heller, what was anyone to do? The CA Supreme Court had already ruled (some time ago) that the Federal 2A was a collective right, as had the 9th Circuit. McDonald is barely a year old. It has taken time and many resources to put together the many challenges that we are seeing, including this one. Together with the CalGuns Foundation, and a newly re-energized and re-organized CA Rifle and Pistol Association (CRPA - the CA arm of the NRA), they are now making inroads. The constant sarcasm and outright animosity leveled against CA as a State, although justified in many cases, cannot be justified here. Here, tens of thousands of CA gunnies have come together, put aside their differences, and are working together to bring 2A rights to a State whose Legislators (and people) are mostly anti-gun. Instead of the sarcasm, the rest of us would do well to learn from these folks, fighting for their rights. |
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I take it that there is no penalty for not complying with the law. Would that be correct?
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I would think there has to be some penalty for not complying with the law, or isn't there? If there is, why hasn't it been used against the sheriff and others like him?
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June 4, 2011, 01:28 PM | #13 |
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Best of luck with the case, hope it pans out. The founding fathers would be turning over in their graves if they about some of the shenanigans from guys like this.
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June 4, 2011, 04:27 PM | #14 |
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DNS, such a thing was done with LAPD back in the mid 1990's. This document, http://michellawyers.com/wp-content/...Davis-v-LA.pdf, shows the trouble with enforcing the law upon a government agency.
The SF County (Hennessy) troubles have been ongoing. Now that both Heller and McDonald are the law of the land, expect not only SF to come into compliance (through harsher court action), but all CA counties. There are additional implications should Peruta have a favorable ruling or Williams be granted cert and be successful. |
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June 5, 2011, 02:56 PM | #16 |
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To me, this simply highlights the folly (and need for replacement) of the may issue system. Were CA a shall-issue state, Hennessey wouldn't even be an issue to begin with. Unfortunately, it seems as though the politicians of CA are going to have to be dragged kicking and screaming through the courts in order to do away with some of the draconian laws they've enacted.
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