Nevada Governor Responds To Defiant Sheriffs

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Tom R. Smedes, File

As another sheriff joined the growing ranks of those who have vowed to refuse to enforce gun control laws they believe are unconstitutional, the governor of Nevada offered his thoughts.

You see, he may understand that without enforcement, nothing his legislature passes will be worth the paper it’s printed on. As such, he seems to know he needs to play nice.

Not that his comments say anything one way or another.

Gov. Steve Sisolak wants to work with rural Nevada sheriffs who have loudly opposed a recently signed expansion of gun background checks in the state.

Sisolak on Thursday issued a statement inviting local law enforcement officers to work with him over the coming months to find ways to enforce Senate Bill 143, which will soon subject almost all private gun sales and transfers to a state background check.

“My office and that of the attorney general are aware of the letters from multiple rural Nevada sheriffs regarding SB 143,” Sisolak said in a statement from a spokeswoman. “While the law will not take effect until January 2020, I look forward to working with Attorney General (Aaron) Ford and local law enforcement over the next …Read the Rest

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