• “I will use the full power of my office to stop the FBI … from illegally prying around in the personal information of Missouri gun owners,” said Eric Schmitt.
• Scotland County Sheriff Bryan Whitney wrote a letter to the citizens of his county saying his office, the Missouri Sheriff’s Association, and the Missouri State Attorney General’s office all received information indicating the FBI intends to conduct onsite audits of local sheriff’s department CCW records in August.
• “As the sheriff of Scotland County, I want all my citizens to know that I will not allow, cooperate or release any CCW information to the FBI, ‘even at the threat of a federal arrest,'” wrote Whitney, according to multiple outlets that reviewed his letter. “Point Blank, ‘I will go down with the ship if need be.'”

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