Oklahoma: State Senator files bills to give Oklahoma sheriffs power to arrest federal officers...

[tenderfoot]

State Senator files bills to give Oklahoma sheriffs power to arrest federal officers, form posses against federal agents

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – An Oklahoma State Senator filed three bills designed to increase the power wielded by Oklahoma sheriffs, including a bill that empowers sheriffs to arrest federal officers who attempt to confiscate guns.

State Senator Nathan Dahm, R-Broken Arrow, filed the bills on Thursday.

“I’ve heard from numerous sheriffs and constituents across this state who are concerned at the consistent ignoring of our Constitution happening by this rogue regime” Dahm said. “The Second Amendment was never solely about hunting unless you’re referring to hunting tyrants. It was about the people being able to protect themselves against a government that would seek to disarm them.”

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Senate Bill 1199 allows sheriffs to arrest federal officers who attempt to confiscate guns in Oklahoma.

Senate Bill 1200 requires federal agents and officers to receive permission from the county sheriff before operating in their county.

Senate Bill 1201 expands a sheriff’s ability to form a posse to include prohibiting agents, employees and officers of the federal government from violating the constitutional rights of the people of their county.

“The full totalitarian leftist takeover of a society has always been predicated on confiscation of firearms,” Dahm said. “Thankfully in Oklahoma we have county sheriffs that would never allow that to take place. But we must do everything possible to help them stand up for our rights and this bill further enables them to do that.”

Such legislation is written to play to far right Republicans, said Michael Crespin, a University of Oklahoma Professor of Political Science and Director and Curator of the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.

https://kfor.com/news/oklahoma-legislature/state-senator-files-bills-to-give-oklahoma-sheriffs-power-to-arrest-federal-officers-form-posses-against-federal-agents/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. full on states rights christofascist whackjob.

We settled this bee ess twice with the Articles of Confederation/Constitution thing and that Civil War thing.

[bottomofthehill]

2. Out of their fucking minds.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. These people are full of crap as usual on this gun issue. They are going to beat this into the

ground because they really don't have any viable issue(s) to talk about (or don't want to talk about). Idiots.

And I love this idiot lying through his teeth (of Broken Arrow) that numerous sheriffs and constituents complaining about the constant ignoring of our Constitution, with no specific evidence identified, no proof what-so-ever that anybody has tried to seize a firearm or anything of the like.

[tishaLA]

4. Supremacy clause?

I'm sure SCOTUS will discover all new limits to that under a Democratic administration, though.

[RainCaster]

5. Obama's gonna take yer guns

They are still singing that tired song.

[2naSalit]

6. No wonder their...

Schools and infrastructure are falling apart, they waste all the taxpayer money on stupid shit like this. All the money they don't put int their pockets, that is.

[JCMach1]

8. It literally is... When I visit family in Tulsa I note how much roads/infrastructure

Has crumbled along with any democratic opposition since the 1990s

[MineralMan]

7. Many bills are introduced. Few become law.

Let me know if these make it out of committee and go to the floor.

[Budi]

9. Isn't this sort of a take on the Posse Comitatus Act?

The Posse Comitatus Act bars federal troops from participating in civilian law enforcement except when expressly authorized by law. This 143-year-old law embodies an American tradition that sees military interference in civilian affairs as a threat to both democracy and personal liberty. However, recent events have revealed dangerous gaps in the law’s coverage that Congress must address.

The law generally prevents the president from using the military as a domestic police force.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/posse-comitatus-act-explained

Not sure here, but it seems they're reaching in to riff close to Posse Comitatus, to claim States Rights before Federal
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