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Today, Explained

Power-tripping sheriffs

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

A growing number of county sheriffs believe they hold ultimate power in their jurisdictions. Some have even stopped enforcing state and federal laws they deem unconstitutional. The Marshall Project’s Maurice Chammah explains. This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Among the thousands of state ballot measures that passed during the 2022 midterms was Oregon's

0:07.1

measure 114.

0:09.2

It's a gun control bill.

0:10.4

It passed narrowly, 51 to 49 more or less, but it's the law.

0:15.6

It requires people to get permits when they buy guns, ensures police keep a database

0:19.8

of gun owners, and bans some high-capacity magazines.

0:24.1

But after the law passed, some sheriffs in Oregon made a declaration.

0:27.8

I don't want people that currently have those types of magazines with their guns to be

0:33.5

fearful that we're going to just start pulling people over and confiscating them and arresting

0:38.4

it for it.

0:39.4

They don't like the law.

0:40.4

They aren't going to follow it.

0:42.5

Elected officials, which sheriffs for the most part, are saying they're only going to

0:46.7

enforce the laws they feel like enforcing.

0:50.3

Sounds outrageous, but it's happening more and more in the US.

0:54.1

We'll tell you why.

0:55.4

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