Missouri County Passes Act Empowering Sheriffs to Arrest Feds Who Try to Confiscate Guns

As reported by The Daily Wire, a county in the Show-Me State passed an ordinance this month that would prevent any federal action to infringe on citizens’ rights.

From The Second Amendment Preservation Act of Newton County, Missouri:

All federal acts, laws, orders, rules and regulations passed by the Federal government and specifically any Presidential Administration whether past, present or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States and Article 1, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in the county, shall not be recognized by this county, and specifically rejected by this county, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this county.

The act gives examples:

Such acts, laws, orders, rules and regulations include but are not limited to any tax levy, fee, or stamp imposed on firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition not common to all other goods and services…any registration or tracking of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition…any act ordering the confiscation of firearms, firearm accessories or ammunition…and finally, any act, whether past, present or future passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by the Federal Government and specifically any Presidential Administration which infringes on the people’s right to keep and bear arms in Newton County, Missouri shall be considered null and void by the county and not recognized by this county.

One county in Missouri passing such an Act is a good start.

But what happens if the time comes to enforce this Act? Who will perform the enforcement?

Any and all federal agents trying to enforce the regulations listed in Section (1) shall be subject to arrest by the Sheriff’s department.

Missouri’s own constitution lays out the liberty of bearing arms in no uncertain terms:

That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms, and accessories typical to the normal function of such arms, in defense of his home, person, family and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned. The rights guaranteed by this section shall be unalienable. Any restriction on these rights shall be subject to strict scrutiny and the state of Missouri shall be obligated to uphold these rights and shall under no circumstances decline to protect against their infringement.

What say you Def-Con News readers? Seems inside every, or most, dark cloud of adversity is a silver lining. Given the Democrats’ evolved position toward firearms, likely additional counties, municipalities, and states will pass similar Second Amendment safeguards. However, truth be told, if the Democrats weren’t determined to exhaust the constitution, these measures would not be necessary.

Below is a short news clip which was included in the original article. Is Don Lemon really this stupid? Or is this an act to propagate the public’s misunderstanding of the difference between automatic and semi-automatic weapons? Notice that when told the difference, Lemon either refuses to listen or is incapable of comprehending. Seemingly, in his mind, he can’t be wrong.  Arrogant and stupid. What’re the odds? Also notice the caption reads: Don Lemon Confuses Novice CNN Gun Nut. Nice touch. Perhaps CNN viewers really are this stupid.

An appropriate cliche in this instance may be: ‘You can’t fix stupid’ or ‘You can’t educate someone who refuses to be educated.’