Close to 100 sheriffs from throughout Illinois are pledging, to various degrees, not to enforce a new prohibitive gun law.

FISM News reported last week on House Bill 5471, which bans the manufacture or possession of dozens of common rapid-fire rifles, pistols, and .50-caliber guns. The legislation also limits the size of magazines. Anyone who currently owns these types of guns will be required to register them with the Illinois State Police.

The Twitter account linked to “Chicago Armory” tweeted dozens of letters from sheriffs in Illinois who explain why they’re not complying with or enforcing that law, referred to by some as the “Protect Illinois Communities Act.”

One such letter is from Edwards County Sheriff Darby Boewe of southern Illinois who says he won’t be enforcing that law because it’s unconstitutional. He posted a letter on Facebook that reads in part:

Part of my duties that I accepted upon being sworn into office was to protect the rights to all of us in the Constitution. One of those rights enumerated is the right of the people to […]