Grand Rapids, MN ( - Ever since the numberous school shooting
around the country, tougher restictions on purchasing fire arms
has been the talk in the national and state legislatures. This
has people in Grand Rapids concerned about their rights to bear
arms and wanted to know how the Sheriff the felt about the
issue. People from the organization Matix of Liberity organized
a meeting with Itasca County Sheriff Vic Williams to talk to the
community about their concerns over government legislation that
would tighten gun control laws. "Background checks aren't going
to stop someone from doing anything, there again you have to
deal with the morality side of it and you can't legislate
morality," said Matt Fultz who is a member of Matrix of Liberty.
Word got out pretty quickly when they found out Sheriff Williams
was going to share his thoughts on the recent legislation. In
Minnesota there are four bills in the house addressing tighter
regulations on background checks when purchasing fire arms and
people in Grand Ra