CNS News reports:

"The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has the support of 381 sheriffs and the cooperation of 15 state sheriff associations asserting they would not enforce federal or state gun laws they consider unconstitutional.

The list posted on the CSPOA website included sheriffs and associations from states that traditionally support Democrats, including Obama's home state, the Illinois Sheriffs Association."

The president's press secretary fielded a question by CNS news, and responded as seen here:

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As noted in the CNS News article, Sheriff Mack of Arizona had received a similar award for his stand and Supreme court challenge.

"Mack is the former sheriff of Graham County, Ariz., where along with six other sheriffs in 1994 he challenged the constitutionality of the provision of the federal Brady bill that sheriffs do the background checks. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to strike down the provision of the law placing the burden on local law enforcement.

Mack, who has previously won the NRA Law Officer of the Year, was inducted into the NRA Hall of Fame, and won the Gun Owners of America Defender of the Second Amendment Award, also contested Carney's point that "people ought to follow the law." Mack said that's not true if the law contradicts the Bill of Rights.

We expect to see more sheriffs standing up for their communities in these trying times.