Local WY sheriff will detain unwelcome Fed officials if necessary

[summers73]

Originally Posted by ovcatto

Once again you leaped before you looked.

The article was there and the hoax was not researched. My apologies.

Those who thought John Edwards was the best thing since sliced bread in 2004 should've looked before they leaped too. That's about 50% of Americans last I checked.

[ovcatto]

Originally Posted by summers73

The article was there and the hoax was not researched. My apologies.

Apology accepted.

Take a tip from a former member of the "main street media" always double check your sources and in the case of off the main street blogs, triple check your sources.

[Little-Acorn]

Originally Posted by Little-Acorn

The reason the Sheriff can throw the Fed agents in jail, is because the Fed govt has only the powers explicitly given it by the Constitution. Since no mention of regulating building around an in-state lake exists in the Constitution, the Feds have no power to stop the Wyoming residents; and if the Feds try in violation of Wyoming law, the Federal agents can be arrested by Wyoming law enforcement officers.

Where the Fed has a legal power (i.e. assigned by the Constitution), the Wyoming Sheriff is powerless. Where the power is NOT assigned to the Fed by the Consitution (and not forbidden to the states by the Const), the Wyoming Sheriff is the top authority, whether the Feds like it or not.

P.S. There is no language in the Constitution, giving the Fed govt the power to regulate or restrict firearms.

Some say they can restrict them under the Commerce Clause. They bend over backward and twist themselves into strange pretzel shapes trying to associate guns with "interstate commerce". If a gun is brought across a state line, it's fair game. But other, far less relevant claims have been brought, and the Supreme Court has started batting some of them down recently.

But if a gun is manufactured in Wyoming and never leaves the state, it is ludicrous to pretend it is somehow "in interstate commerce". So the Feds have no power to regulate or restrict it in any way.

In fact, there IS language in the U.S. Constitution forbidding ANY govt from infringing on ordinary people's right to own and carry guns. It even gives a reason. So even the Wyoming Sheriff is out of luck, unless someone uses a gun in the commission of a crime. But the Sheriff can bust Federal agents who come into Wyoming and try to violate a law-abiding citizen's right to own and carry a gun.