UPDATE: According to Kopel, Grand County Sheriff Rodney Johnson has now joined the effort.
Colo Sheriffs’ lawsuit against anti-gun laws grows to 55 Sheriffs, with addition of Rodney Johnson of Grand County.
— Dave Kopel (@davekopel) May 17, 2013
Some Sheriffs would rather stand with Obama and Bloomberg, rather than for their constituents’ 2nd Amendment rights
Earlier today we reported on 54 County Sheriffs in Colorado who had signed onto a lawsuit against Mayor Bloomberg’s extreme gun control legislation.
With 64 Sheriffs in Colorado, that left 10 who refused to stand up for gun rights. (All Sheriffs are elected, except for those in Denver and Broomfield counties, which are appointed)
Unsurprisingly, many of these Sheriffs are from the hardest left bastions of the state, like Aspen and Boulder.
Contact info for each of these cowards can be found on the County Sheriffs of Colorado’s website.
Here they are:
Rodney Johnson, Sheriff of Grand CountyJoseph Hoy, Sheriff of Eagle County
Kirk Taylor, Sheriff of Pueblo County
William Palmer, Jr, Sheriff of Chaffee County
Robert Gurule, Sheriff of Conejos County
Bill Masters, Sheriff of San Miguel County
Joseph Pelle, Sheriff of Boulder County
Joe Disalvo, Sheriff of Pitkin County
Tom Deland, Sheriff of Broomfield County
Gary Wilson, Sheriff of Denver County
UPDATE: It’s worth noting that all 64 Sheriffs signed onto a white paper opposing the gun bills when they were working their way through the legislature. These 10, for whatever reason, decided not to step up to the plate and fight the laws once they were passed.
People always comment about registering cars and why not register guns too?? I didn't realize vehicles or driving were protected in the bill of rights. Maybe they're protected in the bill of privledges? Cars and guns are like apples to oranges. Can't really compare them.
Sounds like all of you dont support real freedom whatsoever. No one is going to take your instruments of death away, they just want to know what moronic extremists like you have them, kind of like the car registry, wake up.
I AGREE WITH HAVING A GUN TO PROTECT MYSELF AND LOVE ONES/HUNTING AND IF THESE SHERIFF'S DON'T LIKE IT TO BAD.I HAVE WORKED ARMED SECURITY FOR A LONG TIME.POLICE/SHERIFF RESPONCE TIME[TO LONG] GUN RESPONCE TIME RIGHT NOW.VOTE THEM OUT.
Who came up with the crazy idea of having appointed sheriffs in Broomfield and Denver county? What you get with appointees is political hacks and a sock puppet of whoever is in charge. The chief law enforcement officer of a county should always be accountable to the voters.
Mr. Baker, I am happy to tell you. All background checks under the Federal Brady system create paper records, which Congress has prohibited, for now, BATFE databasing into a registration system. Congress could, and the Democratic president would like, to do just that: create a registration system. To include private transfers (universal checks) would put every firearms transfer into a future database, and as history has proven, databases are a pre requisite to gun bans and confiscations. So, NRA is not off course, it is spot on and has decades of experience working with the DC politicians to know the agenda (always unstated: ban guns).
I am surprised by the Conejos county sheriff not joining in…
pitiful……..to protect and seve..ha!
Wow ricky, that is sure a leap. Please stay in Maryland and enjoy your high crime and gun control.
Marg – Might I suggest using both hands! Your statement is an opinion and not fact.
Can someone please tell me where the 2nd Amendment prohibits background checks to purchase firearms? Why wouldn't a sensible citizen want a criminal or mentally unstable person barred from owning a gun? I think the NRA is off course on this issue. It may be that NRA members who already own guns may not themselves be able to pass a background check.
Those 10 sheriff have been "bought". Sad
I Agree they have lost my Vote and My support
Good
Good, liberals are the only reasonable good people left. We need more gun control.
ill back terry and all the others that are in suppose of our rights
yeah and he is a prick anyway and a heavy liberal pueblo is nothing but mostly liberals
Pueblo left bastion
What a bunch of Cowards! I am proud of Sheriff Terry Maketa of El Paso County (Colorado Springs) for supporting the 2nd Amendment!
Pitkin=Aspen
Eagle=Vail
Pueblo and the other rurals? – heck, I got no clue.
Anyone want to guess why? Because they can't stand the areas they have already changed. Now they're spreading away from the damage THEY CAUSED!
TOOLS…..TOOLS
Talk about term limits Masters has been the Sheriff in San Miguel county since I can remember back to the early 80s…talk about a scam
I can understand Denver, Boulder, maybe Broomfield. But Pueblo? Pitkin? Eagle?
At the same time, I am confident these Sheriffs support the lawsuit, they just know their constituents and will not get re-elected if they support the lawsuit.
Here they are:
Joseph Hoy, Sheriff of Eagle County
Kirk Taylor, Sheriff of Pueblo County
William Palmer, Jr, Sheriff of Chaffee County
Robert Gurule, Sheriff of Conejos County
Bill Masters, Sheriff of San Miguel County
Joseph Pelle, Sheriff of Boulder County
Joe Disalvo, Sheriff of Pitkin County
Tom Deland, Sheriff of Broomfield County
Gary Wilson, Sheriff of Denver County
I hope a couple of pro-2nd amendment candidates go up against the Chaffee and Pueblo County Sheriffs.
Not surprising seeing that most of those sheriffs are in very liberal counties.. wouldn't want to rock the boat.
I can say I am not surprised by those counties; many hard core libs have moved into many small mountain areas.
I know our Sheriff was one of those 10 and he's a democrat
DAMN COMMUNIST!
and I live in one of the counties where one of the cowards is sheriff dam I cant win for shit….
Not any more… You can expect to see your county revenues drop if the hunters boycott.
I wonder how many will get re-elected. Remember, Vail is in Eagle county, Aspen is in Pitkin county, and the sheriffs of Broomfield and Denver counties are appointed so they do not answer to the voters.
shameful!
6 out of 10 in rural, hard working CO. You can bet these residents are in strong opposition with the sheriff. The other 4 (Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Eagle) they were never going to sign onto this no matter what.
Disgrace, vote them out!
shame on you sheriffs…I hope your citizens never have to count on you for protection. If you do not believe in the 2nd amendment and will not support it, what else will you not support…?
Sorry to say that I live in one of those ten counties, and much of our economy depends on hunting…….
Shame on THEM.
Very surpirsed with some of these that are rural and/or wilderness Colorado.