Dozens of Illinois sheriffs vow to defy governor’s assault weapons ban

Greater than six dozen Illinois sheriffs have vowed to defy a gun-control legislation signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker that bans semiautomatic rifles.

“A part of my duties that I accepted upon being sworn into workplace was to guard the rights offered to all of us, within the Structure,” Edwards County Sheriff Darby Boewe stated in a Fb publish.

“A type of rights enumerated is the proper of the individuals to KEEP and BEAR ARMS offered below the 2nd Modification. The appropriate to maintain and bear arms for protection of life, liberty and property is thought to be an inalienable proper by the individuals.”

Boewe is one in every of no less than 74 sheriff places of work which have posted statements in opposition of the legislation, in accordance with ABC Information.

The Illinois Senate handed its model of the “Shield Illinois Communities Act” final Monday. The invoice bans assault weapons and high-capacity magazines from being manufactured or bought within the state. Pritzker signed the invoice into legislation final Tuesday, banning the manufacturing and sale of varieties of semiautomatic rifles and pistols, .50-caliber weapons, in addition to attachments that may enhance a gun’s fireplace charge.

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The Illinois Sheriff’s Affiliation stated in an announcement that it opposed the invoice since its inception.

“We, as a consultant of chief legislation enforcement officers all through Illinois, are very involved and disturbed by the continued and escalating violence all through our State and Nation,” the assertion, launched Wednesday, stated.

“We’re all the time supportive of latest instruments, strategies and legal guidelines that help us in stopping and holding accountable people who wage efforts of hurt and violence on others. Nevertheless, this new legislation doesn’t do this.”

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Dozens of sheriff’s places of work have since issued comparable statements.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker
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Richland County Sheriff Andrew R. Hires stated in a Fb publish that “The appropriate to maintain and bear arms for protection of life, liberty and property is thought to be an inalienable proper by the individuals.”

“I, amongst many others, imagine that HB 5471 is a transparent violation of the 2nd Modification to the US Structure,” Hires stated. 

There are no less than 102 sheriff’s places of work in Illinois. The 74 places of work vowing to defy the brand new legislation will have an effect on roughly 30% of residents within the state, in accordance with ABC Information.

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The Illinois State Capitol
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Prepare dinner County, the state’s most populous county that’s residence to about 40% of the Illinois inhabitants, has not spoken out towards the legislation.

Pritzker stated throughout an interview on MSNBC final week that sheriffs opposing the legislation are collaborating in “political grandstanding.”

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“It’s our state police and legislation enforcement throughout the state that can, actually, implement this legislation, and these outlier sheriffs will comply or, frankly, they’ll must reply to the voters,” Pritzker stated.

Fox Information’ Greg Wehner contributed to this report.