The Sheriff
The Sheriff
After the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, President Obama directed Vice President Biden to explore possibilities for federal legislation and executive orders to curb gun violence. Seeing most of the potential actions as overreaching, ineffective and unconstitutional, Tim Mueller, Sheriff of Linn County in Central Oregon, ignited an opposition movement among hundreds of sheriffs all over the country by drafting a letter of opposition to Biden and promising that he would not enforce any laws "offending the constitutional rights" of Linn County citizens.
Produced by Ethan Rocke