So now folks in Arizona who are on a state senate panel have decided that there’s part of the United States that they don’t like and it’s the United part.

Declaring state law to be above all others, a Senate panel voted Tuesday to both block federal gun laws they believe violate the Second Amendment and punish the city of Tucson for enacting its own restrictions.

They also agreed to bar state and local governments from helping any federal agency that collects metadata like phone and email records without a warrant. Any official who cooperated would be forever barred from holding public office.

I think they just seceded.

But, for God’s sake, let’s not stop there.

And if that isn’t enough, the same committee declared that county sheriffs are supreme, meaning they can arrest federal officials — including police — who try to arrest someone or seize property without first getting their consent. And county attorneys who refuse to bring charges of kidnapping for arrests done without the sheriff’s permission would be subject to prosecution themselves by the state attorney general for “official misconduct.”

Oh yeah, because they don’t have no crazy damn sheriff’s in Arizona, right?  Hell, Sheriff Joe Arpaio is smarter than any of those cotton-pickin’ G-men.

The folks who are trying to pass this claim that they should be allowed to pass laws that their constituents want.  Yeah, well, I think George Wallace tried it.  Didn’t work.

Here’s what I think.  As long as President Obama is in office they want state rule.  The minute they have a Democratic governor in Arizona, they’ll want city rule.  The minute they get a Democratic mayor, they’ll want … get off my damn lawn rule.

Thanks to Bunny for the heads up.