Sheriff Richard Vaughan VA says he won't enforce new gun laws.

[Maraya1969]

"They're unconstitutional"

There is a real sickness in these people.

Link to tweet

[BuffaloJackalope]

1. Then he should be removed from office

[dware]

50. How? nt/

[BuffaloJackalope]

90. Isn't malfeasance a crime in VA?

Or did the Rupublicans rescind that one?

[dware]

95. Sheriffs have a wide latitude on what to spend their resources on,

maybe he doesn't have the manpower or resources do enforce those laws, which aren't even laws yet.

[BuffaloJackalope]

99. Do you agree that officers of the law who refuse to enforce public safety laws should be removed?

And that not enforcing such laws is not only stupid, but extremely dangerous?

[dware]

101. I do agree,

but if his voters don't want to remove him, then what?

[BuffaloJackalope]

104. What's your solution?

You're the advocate for the insane pro-NRA gun laws we have in this country. Tell us what your proposal is for when shit goes cattywampus. Which - right now - is about every other day.

[dware]

105. Where in the world did you get the idea that I'm an advocate for

the "insane pro-NRA gun laws"?

I myself don't have a solution, and I'm not sure what a solution would be short of banning and confiscation, which is never going to happen and I would oppose any attempt to implement any such solution, as would most people.

[BuffaloJackalope]

108. Right. You just chime in with pro-gun nut talking points at every opportunity.

"There's just nothing that we can do" is a popular one.

[dware]

109. But I didn't say nothing can be done,

all I said was I don't have a solution, but I'm quite sure there are things that can be done that I would agree with.

[BuffaloJackalope]

110. But nothing that the NRA doesn't advocate

which is pretty much nothing

[dware]

111. At this point it seems that all you want to do is argue,

so, on that note, have a great day.

[BuffaloJackalope]

114. You replied to me, pal.

And every time you do, you seem to bug out when your argument gets justifiably trashed.

Maybe you should re-think your misplaced gun advocacy.

[dware]

116. I'm not bugging out,

I'm just refusing to be drawn into an argument with you, it just seems pointless.

As I said, you have a great afternoon.

[BuffaloJackalope]

117. You lost, so you're bugging out.

[dware]

119. If that's what you want to believe,

then be my guest in your fantasy.

Have a great night and good night to you.

[BuffaloJackalope]

125. You can prove me wrong by offering an actual solution,

rather than the NRA-approved response of throwing up your hands & saying "There's nothing that can be done."

You can't do that without admitting the the whole premise of your anti-gun control stance is a lie. Instead you try and pretend others are to blame for your inadequacies.

[samnsara]

126. just wait til the first gunshot victim of that county gets a lawyer....

...our state AG said the entire county can be sued if the sheriff didnt uphold the law and that action led to person getting shot.

[SlogginThroughIt]

136. This! The lawsuits should be staggering.

The county might want to explore all avenues of removal ASAP just because they are going to have lawsuits to deal with. Whether or not they lose them you can bet that if there are gunshot victims there will be people suing over a sheriff refusing to enforce those laws.

[madinmaryland]

112. Well, if he wasn't throwing all of his resources trying to apprehend DWB.

That is their primary source of income. Racist bastards.

[dware]

113. Is that what he's doing?

Do you live in that county? Do you have knowledge that's what he is spending all his resources on? If you do, could you please post the relevant links?

[WVJoe]

134. What does DWB stand for?

[dware]

135. Driving while black,

poster is accusing the Sheriff of using his resources for harassing AA's without any proof thereof.

[Hassler]

2. Sheriffs are politicians. I'm guessing his is a rural county.

[obamanut2012]

53. It is, and a wingnut one

[LastDemocratInSC]

87. It is a wingnut place, and one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

The Grayson Highlands area is amazing.

[lpbk2713]

3. Is he a Supreme Court justice in his spare time?

How else could he decide the constitutionality of a law?

[dumbcat]

6. Then why would anyone have to take an oath

to defend the Constitution if they can't possibly determine what it says?

Words have meaning. I took an oath to defend the Constitution, and I will determine what that means without your, or anyone else's, help.

[XRubicon]

16. He is law enforcement

He doesn't get a say. Enforce the law or be fired.

[aikoaiko]

32. There is discretion at almost every level of justice

Reviewable discretion and there could be negative consequences, but there is discretion.

[XRubicon]

33. Interesting

Law enforcement gets to pick and choose.

[aikoaiko]

35. too many wrong choices can lead to unemployment

From the lowest officer deciding not to give someone a speeding ticket to the president of the country ordering deferred action.

[dumbcat]

37. How will he know what the law means?

Will a Supreme Court Justice be at his side in every case to tell him what every word means and how it is to be interpreted?

Do words have meanings?

[XRubicon]

38. lol

Thank you.

[treestar]

124. No that's not the way the law works

That's like Kim Davis refusing to issue a marriage license to gay couples.

Just doing what you want, not what the law is, abuses the power you've been given.

That's what the Dotard does.

[dumbcat]

138. It's not doing what you want

It's doing what you believe the words in the law mean. Do you see the difference?

If you don't have a Supreme Court Justice at your side to interpret the words of the law for every specific instance, you have to go with what you believe the words mean. Yes, people can differ over what words mean, even words in common usage, much less legalese. Thus, we have lawyers and courts.

[treestar]

141. If the question was never decided

Kim Davis decided to enforce the law the way she wanted, perfectly aware of what the Supreme Court said. You would not want cops to enforce the law the way they interpreted the Bill of Rights for themselves.

[dumbcat]

143. Lots of things are not decided

Let's take another approach. I took an oath ... "I ___, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion;..."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office


I have copies of the Constitution. I've read it all my life. I'm educated. I can read the words. I can interpret them as well as any other citizen. Who is going to tell me, on a day by day and case by case basis, that I am wrong in any of my given interpretations?

[treestar]

144. Some court will

The constitution is not the law all by itself.

Again, would you let cops do that? Maybe they interpret the 4th Amendment to allow they have probable cause whenever they think so.

[onecaliberal]

4. He should be fired immediately.

[bluestarone]

5. ABSOLUTELY!!

[Kaleva]

9. How does one immediately fire an elected official?

[Kingofalldems]

10. So what do you think should happen?

[Kaleva]

15. One can try and educate the voters in that county so they elect a sheriff who believes in ...

sensible gun control laws.

[safeinOhio]

19. I would suggest taking away all state funding for his office

until he can get a SC decision on it.

[onecaliberal]

12. Holy crap! No one can.

The original logic was that many police chiefs are community employees. According to the National Sheriffs Association that means, “who owe their allegiance to a city”. That begs the question, “Who do Sheriffs serve?”. The answer is that the position of Sheriff has become a lucrative, self serving position of power. A sheriff can bend the law in your favor, bend the law against you, or simply break the law either way. Who is their oversight? Who can fire a sheriff?

No one. No one.

A sheriff is untouchable unless a criminal case is brought against him by the community prosecutor. This happens more than you can imagine. The fact is that sheriff’s have no oversight. They have no one to make them walk the line.

Recent crooked sheriffs like :

Joe Aripiao, (Maricopa, Arizona, County Sheriff) who mistreats inmates in the prisons in his county, arrests people of Spanish decent without cause, and runs raids to round up people of color. (Joe is an example of a bad community supporting a crooked sheriff.)

[Kaleva]

17. He can be recalled in a special election or defeated in the next election

But neither will happen if he has the support of a large portion of the voters.

[onenote]

20. He's a four term incumbent who won reelection as an indpendent by less than 100 votes

But don't get too excited. His opponent was a Republican. And Grayson County is deep red: Hillary got less than 20 percent of the vote there in 2016.

[Kaleva]

22. So it's likely his replacement would hold the same views as he does.

[onenote]

27. I think its certain.

[Blue_Tires]

72. Regardless, he needs to be out

and I don't particularly care if they find a worse redneck to replace him, since I don't have to live there.

[dware]

73. So, unless he's voted out of office, unlikely,

how will that happen?

[Blue_Tires]

93. When I figure it out, I'll tell you

[XRubicon]

21. Interesting

Maybe you could represent the Broward County Sheriff the the Florida governor fired.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/florida-senate-officially-removes-broward-county-sheriff-scott-israel-11571867474

The governor of Virginia should remove him immediately.

[Kaleva]

23. Looks like the Florida Senate placed the sheriff on suspension.

I don't know if Virginia has the same laws as Florida

"The Florida Constitution gives the governor power to suspend public officials for “malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty.” Governors routinely remove public officials who are arrested or charged with crimes, but it is unusual to remove an officeholder who does not face criminal charges."

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-ne-ron-desantis-scott-israel-decision-20190110-story.html

[onecaliberal]

25. Thank goodness.

[XRubicon]

28. The governor removed him by executive order

He is not the sheriff anymore

https://www.emsworld.com/news/1221999/fla-county-sheriff-fired-mishandling-parkland-shooting

Here is the new sheriff. I guess sheriff can be removed if gun humpers approve.


https://www.flsheriffs.org/sheriffs/bio/broward-county

[Kaleva]

31. Florida Constitution allows it.

I do not know if the same applies elsewhere like in Virginia.

[onenote]

58. I looked but couldn't find anything that clearly addressed the question

That doesn't meant there isn't something in the Virginia statutes and/or Constitution that provides for the removal of an elected official -- but I didn't see it during my relatively cursory review.

[dware]

60. Probably only for malfeasance or criminal acts,

otherwise....…….

[dware]

51. The only way he can be fired is if he's voted out. nt

[obamanut2012]

54. He can't be fired, he is elected

[COLGATE4]

7. This F.I.* is obviously a constitutional expert.

* Fucking Idiot

[demtenjeep]

8. then he needs fired

there is something wrong with this nation

[jimfields33]

11. You mean voted out next election

He can’t be fired.

[maxsolomon]

13. I thought the legislature was just CONTEMPLATING new laws.

They sure have their knickers in a twist.

[Straw Man]

14. Q: When do progressives become law-and-order martinets?

A: When the issue is gun control.

Similar things have happened in many rural NY counties, where, since 2013, one could theoretically be arrested for having more than seven rounds in a pistol magazine that has a capacity of ten.

[sl8]

34. The 7 round provision of the NY SAFE Act was struck down in 2013. n/t

[Straw Man]

122. Not exactly. The seven-round law is still on the books.

There was one ruling against it by one judge, which was subsequently upheld by another. However, the overall picture is still murky:

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/State-Police-guide-amended-to-ignore-seven-round-5355959.php

It's likely that any arrest would end up in a dismissal of charges, but the arrest itself would be sufficient in some jurisdictions to merit suspension or revocation of one's pistol permit.

[sl8]

123. Interesting, thanks. It gets even murkier, though:

Last edited Wed Jan 22, 2020, 09:05 AM - Edit history (1)

That article was written in 2014 while the case was still under appeal.

In 2015, the 2d. Cir. agreed that the 7 round provision was invalid.
PDF: https://www.nysrpa.org/files/SAFE/NYSRPA_v_Cuomo_2CDecision.pdf


According to the following article from November 2018, the NY State Police resumed enforcement of the 7 round provision, despite the 2 Federal court decisions. I don't know if that's true in practice. Would like to find some corroboration. The article does provide good background info.

https://buffalonews.com/2018/11/19/amid-confusion-part-of-safe-act-will-stop-being-enforced-in-erie-county/
Amid confusion, part of SAFE Act will stop being enforced in Erie County

-----------------------------------------

On edit, more about enforcement of 7 round limit:

https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/prosecutor-nysp-statements-differ-on-ny-safe-enforcement/71-9a8e9956-abfa-4fa1-88e1-f5a383dbd356

Prosecutor, NYSP Statements Differ on NY SAFE enforcement
Niagara County's D.A. will follow Erie County's lead, and not pursue charges against those arrested under part of the Safe Act. However, there is a discrepancy between how she says state police are looking at the law, and how they say there are actually handling it.

Author: Dave McKinley
Published: 7:02 PM EST January 4, 2019
Updated: 7:10 PM EST January 4, 2019

New York State Police say that contrary to the claim made by the Niagara County District Attorney in a news release, they are not arresting people and charging them under a section of the state’s gun control laws which a judge struck down as unconstitutional.

[...]

Contacted by phone in Albany, New York State Police Public Information Officer Beau Duffy told WGRZ-TV that state police had not resumed charging people under the section of NYSAFE in question, and that it had not done so since Judge Skretny’s ruling was upheld by a federal appeals court in 2015.

[...]

Despite the court’s ruling, the law regarding the seven round limit remains on the books under section 265.37 of the NY Penal Code.

State lawmakers have never removed it which means, technically, someone could still be arrested under that section of the law.

[...]

More at link.

[Straw Man]

145. Yes. it does.

Here's an article from 2018:

https://www.policeone.com/gun-legislation-law-enforcement/articles/some-ny-agencies-to-stop-enforcing-gun-law-1TkquKrEPviMujAq/

Unclear laws and selective enforcement don't exactly encourage faith in government.

[spanone]

18. LOCK HIM UP.

So every sheriff gets to determine what is constitutional??? FUCK NO

[AncientGeezer]

91. For????

[MerryBlooms]

24. Another republican law enforcement official refusing to enforce the law,

republicans refusing to obey subpoenas, senate republican kangaroo court, republicans mobbed up, russians buying elections, russians hacking our elections with republicans aiding and abetting, republican president wiping his ass with our Constitution, entire republican party wiping their asses with our Constitution... It's fookin anarchy. Fookin wankers are stripping our country of our rights in every way, except their fookin wet dreams of buying guns. Selling our precious lands to the highest republican bidder, republican private prisons for slave labor, precious children locked cages by republicans and mocked by republicans, these craven rat bastard republicans are raping our country with every stroke of their pens. I have no idea who or what can save us.

What's next? If that fucker is re-elected, all bets are off.

[Kaleva]

42. It was pointed out in another post that the Sheriff ran as an Independent.

He beat his Repub opponent by 100 votes in the last election.

[MerryBlooms]

46. You really think he's not a republican?

[Kaleva]

47. As an Independent, he's been running against, and defeating, Repubs since 2007

https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/31507/

"Sheriff plans to run for second term

There was little doubt that Grayson Sheriff Richard Vaughan would seek re-election, but the independent incumbent has made it official.
By Staff Reports
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 7:00 am (Updated: March 9, 7:58 am)

INDEPENDENCE — Grayson County Sheriff Richard A. Vaughan has announced that he will seek re-election this November.
Vaughan, an independent whose first four-year term ends in December, will likely face a challenge from former Grayson deputy Mark Burnett, who is seeking the Republican nomination."

https://www.galaxgazette.com/content/sheriff-plans-run-second-term

Do you have any evidence that shows Vaughan is a Republican?

[MerryBlooms]

77. No, you're right, my bad. I apologize. Not enforcing common sense gun laws...

Doesn't make me feel any better that he's an independent.

[AncientGeezer]

92. He doesn't see them(the proposed laws) as you do....the people that elected him....

...don't either.
Who does he answer to? What you think is "common sense" or what his voters think is Constitutional?
It's going to be a protracted Court deal...if Va. actually passes/implements the proposed Bills.

[Kaleva]

97. I had assumed he was a Repub also until I read the post saying he ran as an independent.

Given his stand on gun control and the fact that independents holding office aren't that common.

[MerryBlooms]

118. These officials at every level refusing

to enforce laws, subpoenas, court orders... Is very disturbing. Virginia is taking some positive steps forward. I'd like to see them continue on their path. Thanks for the information and setting me straight, I appreciate it.

[bluestarone]

26. So if someone gets killed by a gun?

The victims family can sue his ass!! Take EVERTHING he has.

[Kaleva]

44. Would sheriffs who uphold the law also get sued when someone is killed by a gun?

[bluestarone]

45. Well i figure his own statement hangs him!

That's my thoughts.

[SlogginThroughIt]

137. Not the sheriff, the county.

[Kurt V.]

29. county sheriffs have more real power than federal officials.

[samnsara]

30. our states AG ( I belive thats who it was) said if Sheriff doesnt enforce and someone gets shot..

Last edited Wed Jan 22, 2020, 08:55 AM - Edit history (1)

..the victim can sue the entire county...cuz a few maggot-sherriffs here in my state said same thing.

[VOX]

36. So this LEO won't enforce certain LAWS because he disagrees with those laws.

Then he should run for congress, as clearly he’s in the wrong line of work, if he cannot enforce laws on the books because he doesn’t like them.

What an insane world.

[Generic Brad]

39. Being limited to purchasing one hand gun a month?

How is being able to buy 12 handguns in a one year period taking away their guns? Who the fuck needs 12 hand guns in a single year? Not one of those protesters is pissing away their own money on such an unnecessary purchase.

Do they even know what they are protesting?

[ScratchCat]

52. You go to a gun show

And there are two guns you want. Like going to Dick's and buying two golf clubs.

No, its not "taking away" anyone's guns, its just silly.

[atreides1]

83. Another scenario

You go to a gun show and buy 15 hand guns and then sell them to someone else...without background checks for all gun sales and no laws requiring the reporting of lost or "stolen" guns...you just made a profit and you don't really give a tinker's damn that one of those guns was used to kill a 3 year old child on a playground...

[WVJoe]

88. It is against the law to

It is against the law to buy a gun with the intention of reselling it. It is also against the law to knowingly sell a gun to a prohibited person.

[marble falls]

94. Both laws that require evidence of intent and offer a defense of plausible deniability ...

as evidenced by those who sell at gun shows who have no official gun business and show week after week with more stock. If private sales aren't documented, how are those laws enforced?

I know because I go to our local gun show every month.

Besides aren't these laws you are against? They certainly are laws the morons in VA are against.

[2naSalit]

40. Well I guess you won't be needing that badge anymore

and retirement from the force should come swiftly for you.

And watch the irony when in six months he ends up a casualty of a mass shooting.

[obamanut2012]

56. He cannot "retire from the force" -- he is elected

[2naSalit]

66. Retirement mean many things...

in this case his not being a part of the corps can come in many ways.

[raccoon]

61. That would be karmic justice. Nt

[guillaumeb]

41. If he refuses to enforce the laws,

he should be fired. That way, his conscience would be clear.

[AncientGeezer]

48. That would require him losing an election and his voters agree with him

[guillaumeb]

96. He very well might know his voters. eom

[ooky]

43. Since when is constitutional interpretation part of a sheriff's job description?

Another right wing asshole abusing his office.

[FiveGoodMen]

102. "Another right wing asshole abusing his office."

And they will continue to do that unless and until we punish them.

[NCLefty]

49. And the South rose again again again again again again again again again...

*sigh*

[Blues Heron]

55. Fire the sumbitch

post haste

buh bye

These goobs just can't seem to transition into the 21st (or even 20th) century very well. Probably too much Fux news

[onenote]

57. He's elected (as has been pointed out several times above)

[dware]

59. As has been pointed time and time again,

he can't be fired, he's an elected official and he's doing what his constituents want so he'll probably be re-elected.

[Blues Heron]

65. he can be fired!

and he needs a good firin'

nation of laws

[dware]

67. The only way he can be fired is if he's voted out of office

by the voters in his county, and that's not going to happen, he's doing what the voters of his county want him to do.

I suggest you look up the role of Sheriffs in the US.

[Blues Heron]

74. They should fire him yesterday

look it up

[jmg257]

79. Wonder how he feels about immigration laws? All those clowns that create sanctuary

communities should be fired!

[dware]

98. Apparently the voters don't want to fire him.

Now what?

[struggle4progress]

62. Code of Virginia 24.2-233

Removal of elected .. officers by courts

Upon petition, a circuit court may remove from office any elected officer .. residing within the jurisdiction of the court:

1. For neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties when that neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office ...

The petition must be signed by a number of registered voters who reside within the jurisdiction of the officer equal to ten percent of the total number of votes cast at the last election for the office that the officer holds ...
https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title24.2/chapter2/section24.2-233/

[dware]

64. There's the rub,

I highly doubt that the voters of his jurisdiction will sign anything to have him removed, it would seem that's what the voters of his county want him to do.

I read somewhere that he's pretty popular in his county and will most certainly be re-elected.

[Cosmocat]

70. This is not a heavy lift

Signatures on a petition from 10% of the total who voted in his or her election - would take some organization and work, but there surely are enough democrats in the district who would sign.

Put it front of the courts to sort out.

Would need a situation where it was documented that he chose to ignore the law.

[dware]

71. How do you know that the Dems in his county don't agree

with him on this issue?

[Cosmocat]

80. 10% - roughly 20% of the dems in the county

Absolutely certain there are enough who would sign a petition to deal with this clown if he refuses to enforce the law.

[struggle4progress]

78. +! Only 586 signatures needed

[Cosmocat]

81. Yep - thanks for doing the math

nm

[struggle4progress]

75. He got 2943 voters in the November election. His opponent got 2,904. He won by only 39 votes.

https://www.elections.virginia.gov/2019-election-results/

Click November 5, 2019 General and Special Elections
then select RESULTS BY LOCALITY
then GALAX CITY and scroll down to SHERIFF

[onenote]

129. His opponent was a Republican who undoubtedly agrees with his position

Hillary got less than 20 percent of the votes in Grayson County.

[struggle4progress]

142. State of the Commonwealth 2020 Survey Report

December 16, 2019

... One of the central issues in the November elections was gun control, and Virginia voters are firmly in support of further restrictions. The most widely supported restriction is making private gun sales and sales at gun shows subject to background checks (Q12A), with 86% of voters saying they support or strongly support that measure. Three-fourths (76%) of voters oppose or strongly oppose allowing a person who legally owns a gun to conceal carry that weapon without a permit (Q12C), while 73% say they support a “red flag” law allowing a family member or the police to seek a court order to temporarily take guns (Q12D) from legal gun owners judged to be a threat to harm themselves or others. While a majority of 54% of voters support a ban on assault-style weapons, this measure has the highest opposition, with 42% saying they oppose or strongly oppose such a ban (Q12B) ...

https://cnu.edu/wasoncenter/surveys/2019-12-16/

[dustyscamp]

63. So many Sheriffs from different states refusing to enforce gun laws

Oregon sheriffs balk at enforcing new gun laws
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oregon-sheriffs-balk-at-enforcing-new-gun-laws/

At least 13 county sheriffs in Washington refuse to enforce new gun law
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/429460-at-least-13-county-sheriffs-in-washington-refusing-to-enforce-states-new

Colorado Sheriffs Threaten Not To Enforce Their Own State’s Gun Laws
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/03/17/1732291/colorado-sheriffs-threaten-not-to-enforce-their-own-states-gun-laws/

Some Washington sheriffs refuse to enforce new gun laws
https://apnews.com/b186ce346d2d446babceaf15fec68e6c

Colorado Sheriffs Won’t Enforce New Gun Laws
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/colorado-sheriffs-wont-enforce-new-gun-laws-daniel-foster/

[dubyadiprecession]

68. Cops aren't supposed to be activists.

That son of a bitch needs to be fired!

[dware]

69. Again,

a Sheriff can't be fired, he's an elected official, he can be voted out of office, but that's unlikely in this case, he's doing what the voters of his county want him to do and he'll most likely be re-elected.

[SlogginThroughIt]

139. You keep saying this.

You keep saying this but you haven’t actually verified it at all. You are spreading ignorance and for some reason you are doing it vehemently. As was pointed out by another poster who looked it up (thanks for that) he can be removed by way if petition and the courts.

Now whether or not it is likely to happen is another ball of wax but you’ve gone on and on telling everyone they are wrong and you have neglected to make sure that you are right.

[LonePirate]

76. So he supports sanctuary cities?

[jmg257]

82. Great & obvious point of course - likely 2A sanctuary - which is a thing now. nt

[Kaleva]

107. Are there any in his county?

[Recursion]

84. We applauded sheriffs who refused to enforce marijuana laws (nt)

[tazkcmo]

106. Shhhhh...

That's inconvenient.

[atreides1]

85. This is interesting.

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title24.2/chapter2/section24.2-233/


"Upon petition, a circuit court may remove from office any elected officer or officer who has been appointed to fill an elective office, residing within the jurisdiction of the court:

1. For neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties when that neglect of duty, misuse of office, or incompetence in the performance of duties has a material adverse effect upon the conduct of the office;"

[dustyscamp]

86. Wow police ignored a bunch of RWNJs wearing masks and went straight for a nonprotestor wearinga mask

Link to tweet

[SoCalNative]

89. Guessing Sheriff Goober

has never actually read the Constitution.

[cynatnite]

100. Refusing to enforce the law automatically disqualifies him. n/t

[dware]

103. Not according to the voters in his county. nt

[Fla_Democrat]

115. And yet,

my life isn't going to be affected one iota. I'm guessing all the residents in his county sounding off here should get to the polls come November, or when ever his next election is.

[NiteOwl1]

120. That's not his choice...

He should be fired immediately. Outlaws have no place in law enforcement. He has no credibility as an officer of the law.

[rockfordfile]

121. What he's saying that he will not do his job and protect the citizens

[lark]

127. City Council should remove him from office.

He is refusing to support the law, out he goes, on his head.

[onenote]

128. First of all, he is a County Sheriff. And he's elected

The County didn't hire him and they don't have the power to remove him.

Plus, they wouldn't be inclined to anyway since I'm quite confident that every elected official in Grayson County (as red as they come) agrees with his stance.

[lark]

130. Guess the rules everywhere are different, didn't think about that.

Here a sheriff is elected as well, but can be removed for cause by City Council with 2/3 vote. Our city is the entire county, so there is no difference between the 2.

[onenote]

132. In Virginia, counties and cities are separate. You live in one or the other, not both.

[AncientGeezer]

131. Under what authority..he's a County officer?

[Bettie]

133. Wow, so scary....

Background checks, on all gun sales, with exemptions for transfers by close family members and estates. Oooh, scary!

A limit on the number of handguns one may purchase (one per month...if you can't function with only twelve new guns a year, you've got a serious issue). There are also exemptions on this one.

So, what do these gun nuts want? A free-for-all old west fantasy world where they get to go out and shoot that kid that steps on their lawn on the way home from school, that old lady who butts in front of them in the checkout at the grocery store, and that cop who dares to stop them for speeding or drunk driving?

And don't forget shooting your kid in the head while playing with him...good times. https://abcnews.go.com/US/father-year-son-shot-head-play-wrestling-mans/story?id=68419321

[MineralMan]

140. You're Fired for Misfeasance, Sir.

Your job is to enforce the laws of your state. You have stated that you will not do so. You are dismissed.

[Straw Man]

146. Sheriffs are elected officials.

Can't be fired -- must be impeached.

[MineralMan]

147. And I am a voter. I can vote to fire any elected official.

[Straw Man]

148. Actually, no you can't.

When the next election comes around, you can vote for someone else to occupy the position. Removing someone from office during their term requires impeachment, which is generally not conducted by open referendum.