by Steve Kendley
February 16, 2010
original found here.
I am writing you to tell you of a major plan that I am undertaking after great personal reflection and prayer.
Please allow me to give you some background.I have had a varied life, holding many great occupations and hobbies, but one constant interest since I was a young boy is my love for firearms. It was this interest that caused our paths to cross. You could not know that my interest in firearms led me, through complicated circumstances, to take a huge chance several years ago. I began to study with great interest the importance of the elected “Office of Sheriff” and explore how unique the “Office” is and more importantly may become in our future. I learned that the Sheriff is the “Chief Law Enforcement Officer” elected by the people in every county.
As I researched more, I became more excited. I believe the “Office of Sheriff” is a check and balance that the founders of this country must have counted on to protect the very document and its ideals that have held our country together these centuries. As “Chief Law Enforcement Officer”, the sheriff is elected by the people to be the last protector, standing in the gap, to guard our freedoms at the individual level. The sheriff, if he knows his true authority, is the grass roots defender of the Constitution.
In fact, though most do not know it, the selection of your sheriff has probably more potential to affect each citizen’s welfare than their choice of president. It is not advertised as such, but it is true that the Sheriff, besides being sworn to uphold the Constitution, is the leader of the militia in each county of the United States!
In Montana there is now an attempt to put legislation in front of the voters called the “Sheriff First Law”. This law will require any Federal Law Enforcement Agency to get the permission of the county sheriff first, before undertaking any action in a county (as it should be). The sheriff would then have the power to approve or veto that request! Imagine constitutionally aware sheriffs protecting their citizens from abuses that threaten them and having the authority to hold those agents accountable for their actions.
The Montana Firearms Freedom Act is serving as a model for other states. I have heard more than twenty states have now adopted similar legislation. These concepts could spread and have a huge affect for the cause of freedom…
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If you can, pass this on to your readers. Please do remember me in your prayers. If you will allow this message, please ask your readers to see my web site at www.sheriffkendley.com.
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3. March 2010 at 12:01 am
You must have heard about Arizona Sheriff Richard Mack or read his books. You sound just like him and what you say is true. As Richard Mack said,to paraphrase: If the sheriffs come to the side of the people instead of the federal govenment if and when an uprising or gun confiscation comes, we can have a peaceful revolution; if not, a violent one is inevitable.
7. March 2010 at 3:39 pm
Steve,
Thank you ans you are absolutely correct. I am a candidate for the Montana legislature and if elected it will have my support!