Why would you need a Sheriff to tell you to arm yourselves? Just do it on your own and act like you are not armed then nobody will know. I live in a small town in Arkansas and have seen Mexicans arming themselves by buying guns from the local fleamarket and yard sales where there is no paperwork required and paying outrageous prices for them. They are clearly arming themselves for something so I see nothing wrong with us arming ourselves as well. We have clearly been invaded and no formal war has been declared by either government even though conflict seems in our future. Another Alamo may be in our future very soon.