Want to buy a silencer, sawed-off shotgun or explosives? Sheriff will no longer help [View all]

[Meiko]

Seems to me that this Sheriff needs a couple of letters and some phone calls from the NRA around election time to remind him of his responsibility to the citizens. Why would he decide not to sign certain applications? What is he afraid of. Sheriffs are usually elected so it may be time to apply some pressure and vote this guy out of office and replace him with someone that will do the job he has sworn to do. It's time for these self appointed judge and jury cops to go on down the road.

Seems to me after reading the article is that he has no valid reason for not signing the applications other than he just doesn't want to.

People who want to buy silencers, sawed-off shotguns and explosives in St. Johns County can no longer get their applications signed by Sheriff David Shoar.

The Sheriff’s Office announced last week, via Facebook, that it will only participate in applications for automatic weapons.

The Sheriff’s Office will not participate in application process for any other firearms designated Title II, also called “class 3,” by the National Firearms Act of 1934, which include silencers, sawed-off shotguns and explosives.

Owning such a firearm is prohibited without going through the application process required by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives.

“In no way shape or form is the sheriff stopping them or hindering them from buying these items,” said Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Chuck Mulligan.

The sheriff made the decision based on conversations with staff who handle the applications, Mulligan said. Concerns included the growing number of applications and the firearms being lost or stolen and ending up being used in a crime.

The number of applications the Sheriff’s Office has processed for silencers, sawed-off shotguns and explosives was not available late last week.

Shoar was on vacation last week and not available for comment, said Mulligan.

The Sheriff’s decision makes the process of getting a Title II firearm slightly different and more expensive depending on which route a person chooses.

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