Dan's Column: Well done, Sheriff

Sheriff Tom Rummel made a strong statement for both the Second Amendment and common sense when he promised not to enforce any post-Sandy Hook gun control regulations arising from the Obama administration.

Yes, the school shootings were a tragedy. Yes, the incident was tailor-made for the most anti-gun administration in history to cynically promote their agenda.

The hue and cry boils down to: “Kids were killed. Something must be done.”

That’s wrong, and the sheriff knows it.

Something effective must be done. True. The key word is ‘effective.’ Gun control in any manner, shape or form is ineffective. It has never stopped criminals. Period. High-capacity magazines were banned for a few years not long ago. The ban made no difference. Crime rates did not change. The ban was lifted. Again, no statistical impact on crime rates.

So why the liberal clamor for a ban on high-cap magazines and ‘assault weapons’? Political theatre and a sympathetic administration.

The sheriff, more than any other public official, has his finger on the pulse of the criminal element in the community. He has the street knowledge missing in Washington, D.C.. To his credit, he’s standing up for our Second Amendment rights, and standing up against the political theatre.

Well done, Sheriff.