Sheriff Brad Rogers, the
top-ranking law enforcement official for Elkhart County, Indiana, said during a
panel appearance on WNIT’s
“Politically Speaking”
segment that he wouldn’t abide government orders to register weapons from
private citizens within his jurisdiction, no matter what President Obama
presses.
“We’ve always had this
conversation that we need more reasonable gun control put in place,” Rogers
said, Infowars
reported. “Well, we have what is
reasonable, in my opinon, and in fact it’s probably overdone.” He then said he
actually tells residents under his jurisdiction they shouldn’t register their
firearms.
“I’m from the
government, and I don’t think the government has any place in gun
registration,” Rogers said. “The government shouldn’t know who’s got weapons …
we’ve seen in other countries what could happen when the government knows who
has what guns.” And he went on, saying citizens should always resist the idea
of registrations for firearms.
“I always discourage
people from ever registering any guns. It’s not a law in Indiana, so it’s not
like I’m asking anyone to break the law,” Rogers said. “I’m just saying if
someone wants to come into the sheriff’s office and register their gun, I will
let them do it. But quite frankly, it’s not something we push or promote.”
Rogers also addressed a scenario
in which his law enforcement agency was ordered by the White House – say, via
an Obama executive order – to register firearms owned by citizens.
“In fact, if President
Obama today said, ‘I’m creating an executive order that all sheriffs and police
chiefs around this nation need to start registering firearms,’ I will disregard
it,” Rogers said.
His comments come as
Obama has vowed, once again, to crack down on Second Amendment rights as a
means of preventing further mass shootings, like the recent killings at an
Oregon community college.
http://www.wnd.com/2015/10/indiana-top-cop-to-obama-i-wont-register-guns/
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