The media yaks endlessly about the thin film of Minnesota law-enforcement leaders – Dakota County sheriff Bellows and prosecutor Jim Backstrom, Chaska’s Scott Knight and a few others – who bark for gun control when the DFL tells them to.<\/p>\n
The following group – related in a news release from the Gun Owners Civil Rights Alliance –\u00a0somehow\u00a0got less coverage (emphasis added):<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Minnesota sheriffs — experts in both crime and politics — joined judges and legislators in proposing fact-based, realistic solutions to the problem of violence in our society.<\/p>\n
These proposals focused on enforcing existing laws and making government bureaucracies do their jobs without infringing on the rights of the law-abiding 99%<\/p>\n
The Minnesota Sheriffs Association, represented by Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek<\/strong> and Carver County Sheriff Jim Olson<\/strong>, laid out five specific recommendations:<\/p>\n
Improving the completeness and accuracy of the state criminal records system<\/p>\n
Making Minnesota courts quickly and accurately report civil mental health commitments that result in a firearms prohibition<\/p>\n
Making these public mental health commitment records instantly available to street cops so they know who they may be facing when they arrive at a call for service<\/p>\n
Providing earlier mental health assessments for jail inmates, so they get the help they need sooner<\/p>\n
Reassessing Minnesota’s civil commitment laws to ensure that dangerously ill people get the treatment they need<\/p>\n
GOCRA fully supports these policy proposals, and applauds the sheriffs and other coalition members for focusing on real, solvable issues, and not on fear-mongering. GOCRA also congratulates Senator Ron Latz (DFL-St. Louis Park)<\/strong>, formerly an opponent of gun rights, for signing on to this practical approach.<\/p>\n
These elected leaders and sworn law enforcement officials recognize that their law-abiding, gun-owning constituents are not the cause of societal violence, and that infringing on the Constitutional rights that they swore to support and defend will not make us safer.<\/p>\n
Their common-sense, to-the-point recommendations should be given immediate attention by the Minnesota Legislature.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You would do well to contact Sheriffs Stanek<\/a> and Olson<\/a> – and especially Rep. Latz<\/a>. \u00a0Yes, he’s DFLer, but not only is he one of the DFLers that actually\u00a0thinks\u00a0<\/em>about the issue, he’s one of the first in the metro area to break ranks with the orcs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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