Wayne County S.C.O.P.E.  We encourage all members to VOTE on PRIMARY DAY - TUESDAY 6.22.21

Ratings of Wayne County Sheriff Candidates running in the Republican primary on Tuesday, June 22, 2021, have been completed. The ratings are:

Candidate Milby: A+           Candidate MacNeal: A

The Wayne County SCOPE Committee used the following as a rating basis:

Candidate shows strong evidence of protecting the rights of law-abiding citizens and:

⦁ Strongly supports the Second Amendment.

⦁ Strongly supports the right to due process.

⦁ Strongly supports the right to legally use firearms for self defense.

⦁ Strongly agrees that no government entity has the right to infringe on possession of firearms by law-abiding citizens. 

⦁ Strongly supports the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments.

Candidate shows strong evidence of opposition to gun control efforts such as:

⦁ The NY SAFE Act.

⦁ Extreme Risk Protection Orders ("Red Flag" laws).

⦁ Need for gun owners to purchase gun-owner or liability insurance. 

⦁ Banning of semi-automatic firearms.

⦁ Micro-stamping capability of semi-automatic firearms.

⦁ Background checks to purchase ammunition.

⦁ Registration of long guns.

⦁ Mandatory storage of firearms within one's own home.