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Yes. A country where individual sheriffs decide which laws they want to enforce or not enforce - That's a great idea! I can't wait for the guy who announces he doesn't want to protect battered women because 'they ought to be able to fend for themselves' or the self-appointed local dictator who feels he should not bother enforcing laws against lynching black people because he happens to be a racist.
The fact that you may happen to disagree with a law that he doesn't want to enforce doesn't make empowering local asshats to supersede the legal process a good idea. The way our system works is Congress passes a law, the President enacts and enforces the law and if you think it isn't constitutional you see if the Supreme Court wants to overturn it. UNTIL then you STFU and enforce the law. If he fails to do so he ought to be fired immediately.
This has NOTHING to do with gun control and everything to do with maintaining order by securing a Constitutional chain of command.
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