Colorado sherrifs getting pressure to back new gun laws

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A Colorado sheriff believes that sheriffs are being pressured by Democratic leaders to go along with gun control legislation by stalling pay raises.

“The gun debate was settled in 1791.  It was settled with the Bill of Rights.  The rights of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” Glenn said on radio.

“There is a lot of infringing going on, and the Colorado sheriffs are saying that the Democrats were threatening to delay legislation that would give the sheriffs a long delayed pay raise if they continued to speak out against the new push for more gun control laws.”

“I’m telling you the sheriffs are the last line of defense.  Because the sheriffs don’t answer to the governor, the sheriffs don’t answer to the legislature.  The sheriffs only answer to two things:  You and the Constitution.  Your sheriff, if anybody thought, ‘I don’t know who the sheriff is,’ you better know your sheriff.  You better know who is a good sheriff and who’s a bad sheriff.  And if you have a bad sheriff, you better replace them, quickly.  If you have a good sheriff, you better make sure that the left doesn’t get their hands on them and smears them.  Know your sheriff and help them in every way you possibly can.  If these guys start to get into trouble, I ask the sheriffs, if you are under attack, know that TheBlaze will support you in every way possible.  Know that TheBlaze, you can come to TheBlaze.  We will tell your story.”

“If people are trying to coerce you, if people are trying to smear you, you come to us. Bad sheriffs, know the same. If we get word you’re a bad sheriff, we will put our journalists on it and we will find out if it’s true or not. And if it is true, we’ll help them take you down. Because the sheriffs are the last line of defense,” Glenn said.

TheBlaze reports:

One Colorado sheriff is claiming that Democrats are pressuring pro-gun sheriffs in the state with tactics he think border on extortion.

In a radio interview with KVOR on Saturday, El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa said he received an email last week with a threat to stop or stall pay raises to the state’s elected sheriffs if they don’t support Colorado’s pending gun control legislation.

The email, sent from the offices of the County Sheriffs of Colorado, “basically said, Dem. leadership is very upset with the sheriffs and their opposition to the gun control bills,” Maketa said.

He claimed it said the Democrats were threatening to delay legislation that would give the sheriffs a long-delayed pay raise if they continue to speak out against the new push for more gun control laws.

“It is Chicago mob‑style politics now in Colorado.”

Watch the interview with Sheriff Maketa below:

  • http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm snowleopard (cat folk gallery)

    No surprise, coercion and pressure and threats are the means of the Democrats to enforce compliance with their insane view of the world.

    Control and power, this is all it is about, and the Democratic Socialists will stop at nothing to either fully control the nation; or failing that, bring it crashing down in the end.

  • http://youtu.be/0iRCvDwF26Q Sam Fisher

    Um guys wrong video. 

  • http://youtu.be/0iRCvDwF26Q Sam Fisher

    I think that that is the only way they can enforce these unconstitutional laws.

  • Anonymous

    Ya, a lot of them will probably ‘sell their souls’.  Traitors.

  • Anonymous

    Glenn cautioned about a sheriff being caught up by the Left.  Our most fearsome weapon is the knowledge of the truth about each individual.  We all get to vote for our own sheriff.  Don’t simply know him, don’t simply know whether he is good or bad.  (Could be a woman too, not going to leave that out).  Know WHY your sheriff is good. Know WHY your sheriff is bad.  I will contend that a good sheriff feels comfortable with an armed citizenry.  It is not because he will have to respond to less 911 calls (as you’ve “taken care of business on your own).  It is because sheriffs and all cops usually don’t make it in time to be a part of a gun battle with a bad guy.  They are almost always called AFTER THE FACT.  That is why law enforcement falls under the category of RESPONSE.  A good sheriff knows that he can’t be at every place all the time. A good sheriff knows that an armed citizenry is capable of making sure that there is no AFTER THE FACT.  A good sheriff cares about other people and wants as few of them as possible to be hurt, at all.  Find out what kind of a guy your sheriff is and vote accordingly. 

  • Draxx

    In reality the Sheriffs are Our Last Line of Defense against the Progressive Assault on American Values, Rights, Safety, and more from Gov’t Tyranny…

  • Draxx

    If they will Threaten Sheriffs & Police Officers, Then They Will Coerce/Assault Anybody That Is Not Their Buddy (and even their friends are not safe from the top dogs)…

  • Anonymous

    Them and any state militias.

  • sparducks

     I’ve been beating this drum for a year now. Sheriff Richard Mack is the head of an organization of county sheriffs nationwide. Please take some time to listen to the stories of these sheriffs in his project. It will show you just how big of a problem federal agencies are. countysheriffproject.org    . check it out

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ken-Abbas/1805133873 Ken Abbas

    I thought that the county sheriff’s pay was set by the county board of supervisors.  How is it that the state legislators think that they can control any sheriff’s pay?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mary-Elizabeth-Danuser/698607027 Mary Elizabeth Danuser

    That doesn’t make any sense to me,either!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Liz 

  • Anonymous

    Sorry if I have repeated previous musings of yours.  You march to the beat of a very similar drum as I do.  Glanced at the county sheriff project briefly.  Very glad to see that these men have balls and are not afraid of the Obama Administration.  I will read more about it in the coming days, I have a book I’m about to sit down to.  Thank you for the link I appreciate it.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bishimine Barry DaKama’aina InKali

    Donny Youngblood is the Sheriff of Kern County… He is protecting the Second Amendment.. He stated to the local press that he will NOT enforce obama’s communist laws… I AM GLAD he is sheriff of Kern County…

  • Anonymous

    Lock and load people! No one can stop what is coming in the next 4 years then 8 yrs of Hillary.
    There is only one solution to the problem and whether you believe or not doesn’t matter. Stock up on guns and ammo ,food stuffs,water,etc. You would do it for a hurricane or a blizzard or any type of catastrophic storm warning. Be prepared,help your family to surviveand protect them.
    America died in Nov 2012. We are headed for a disaster that the world has never seen. Civil war ,chaos and anarchy, food shortages, hyper inflation, and that’s just the beginning.
    Lock and Load!

  • sparducks

     Just wanna get the word out. I was talking to a cop here in Texas Who thought that the feds have more power that the Sheriff. He is wrong. We all need to empower our sheriffs. Thank you.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/GW6ALM3N2YFTOT6TN3GZGAHQG4 Frank Balcer

    i need to get to know my sheriff now because i believe he is an Obama supporter, and i learned that some of my county officials say they will do whatever Obama says, which would be treasonous.

  • Anonymous

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