"Ultimate enforcers
of the Constitution." "Protectors against government tyranny."
"America's last hope." "Brave oath keepers."
And the sheriffs,
including eight from Colorado, learned that they need to protect their
citizenry from much more than local lawbreakers. In today's world, public enemy
No. 1 just might be the federal government — or the "out-of-control
federal bureaucracy," as organizers of the convention like to refer to it.
The person who will
"stand tall against federal tyranny," even if it means armed
resistance, according to organizers, is the county sheriff.
The Constitutional
Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association's inaugural convention was designed to
be the national coming-out for this idea and the start of an educational
movement that its founder hopes will sweep the country.
Former Graham County,
Ariz., Sheriff Richard Mack wrote a book, "The County Sheriff: America's
Last Hope." In it, he asserted that sheriffs have the supreme law
enforcement power in their counties under the Constitution and the 10th
Amendment. Much of what federal agents are doing in counties is
unconstitutional, he wrote. Federal agents have no authority beyond policing
treason, piracy, treaty violations and counterfeiting.
Thus,
the scofflaws that sheriffs might encounter today — and who should be run out
of town by a SWAT team, if that's what it takes — include agents for the U.S.
Forest Service; the Bureau of Land Management; the IRS; the FBI; the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; the Environmental Protection Agency;
and even the Food and Drug Administration.
Online
Constitutional Sheriffs materials state, "The sheriff's position overrides
any federal agents or even the arrogant FBI agents who attempt to assume
jurisdiction in our cases."
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