Edwards County Sheriff Darby Boewe has made clear his position that Illinois’ new ban on commonly owned semiautomatic rifles violates the Constitution and he will not be enforcing it.
the ban allows current owners of banned firearms to keep them, but requires them to register the firearms with the Illinois State Police.a statement regarding the ban, which said, in part, “The new law also requires existing owners of semi-automatic rifles to register their ownership, ensuring that law enforcement knows the location of these weapons of war and who to hold accountable if they fall into the wrong hands.
Part of my duties that I accepted upon being sworn into office was to protect the rights provided to all of us, in the Constitution. One of those rights enumerated is the right of the people to KEEP and BEAR ARMS provided under the 2nd Amendment. The right to keep and bear arms for defense of life, liberty and property is regarded as an inalienable right by the people.
He added, “Therefore, as custodian of the jail and chief law enforcement officer for Edwards County, that neither myself or my office will be checking to ensure that lawful gun owners register their weapons with the state, nor will we be arresting or housing individuals that have been charged solely with non-compliance of this act.”
Boewe said he believes the semiautomatic rifle ban “is a clear violation of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”that Illinois State Rep. Blaine Wilhour responded to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signing of the ban on commonly owned semiautomatic weapons by stating, “We will not comply.” AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of
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