Sheriffs: Feds can't take away Utahns' 2nd Amendment rights

[freedom fighter jh]

89. Are you sure they pledge obedience?

Do you have a cite?

On a quick search the closest thing I could find to a sheriffs' pledge was a generic code of honor, here: http://www.theiacp.org/PoliceServices/ProfessionalAssistance/Ethics/WhatistheLawEnforcementOathofHonor/PresentingtheOathofHonor/tabid/160/Default.aspx. In this oath, officers pledge to uphold the Constitution, but they don't say anything about obedience. But I don't know whether most sheriffs take this oath or something like it.

When I worked for the federal government, my oath was to the Constitution, not to the government.

It is ultimately up to the citizens to uphold the Constitution. If orders are not consistent with the Constitution, I *hope* police will side with the Constitution. But from the article it sounds like the sheriffs are just asserting that the executive orders are illegal and have not really done their research, although it's not possible to tell for sure.

Law enforcement officers should be standing up to orders that are clearly unconstitutional. That kind of individual integrity is all that protects us from tyranny.