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• Llano County, Texas is now a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Somerset County, MD proclaimed a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Union County, GA passes a Resolution in Support of the Second Amendment
• Fremont County, Wyoming is now a Second Amendment Sanctuary

And Growing...

• NH is about to Become a Second Amendment Sanctuary State
• Wisconsin Assembly Passes Sanctuary State Bill
• Boise County, Idaho is a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Missouri is Now the 14th Second Amendment Sanctuary State

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Custer County, Colorado Rejects H.R. 127, and Supports the Second Amendment [More]

Berkeley County, WV is now a Second Amendment Sanctuary [More]

UPDATE:

Lafayette County, Wisconsin is a Second Amendment Sanctuary [More]

UPDATE: John Crump interviewed Noah Davis.

Joining the Ranks

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  South Carolina Becomes the 12th Second Amendment Sanctuary State
• Stanley County, South Dakota is a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Marshall County, Kansas passes resolution in support of Second Amendment

I still need to find time to listen to Noah Davis on Armed American Radio a couple of weeks ago...

A Waking Giant?

Several hundred North Georgia residents gathered in Rome on Saturday to advocate for the creation of so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries” in Georgia. [More]

To that end:

• Banks County becomes Second Amendment Sanctuary County
• Gilmer County becomes the latest to declare itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary

Next rally, how about "several thousand"?

[Via Doug Rink]

Join the Club

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  Garvin County, Oklahoma is a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Yuma County, Arizona passes resolution in support of Second Amendment

And via another source:

Gov. Parson will sign Second Amendment bill declaring federal gun laws ‘invalid’ in Missouri

I like how "Critics have questioned the legality of 'nullifying' federal laws, pointing to the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause" noting the same ones are strangely silent on "sanctuary cities" for illegals.

Safe Haven?

Presidio County Declares Itself “Second Amendment Sanctuary” [More]

I'll update this when I get a link to the resolution.

[Via Gregory R]

UPDATE:

“Be it resolved that the people of Presidio County…. hereby designate Presidio County a Second Amendment sanctuary in order to preserve for the people of, on, and in Presidio County their rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. Furthermore, any regulation that violates the Second, Ninth, Tenth, or Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States of America shall be regarded by the people of Presidio County to be unconstitutional and therefore by necessity unenforceable and invalid….We the people of Presidio County through this resolution hereby declare our rights, our freedom, and our liberty as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America.”

The One

With almost no debate, the council voted 6-1 to pass Councilman Zack Scrivner's resolution encouraging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that the Second Amendment provides an individual right to bear arms, and that no government should be able to infringe on that right.

...The sole dissent came from Councilwoman Sue Benham, who said the resolution was just another attempt by a council member to make a political statement. She said as an elected official, she supports the Second Amendment and the rest of the Constitution.

I remember many years back helping represent the Second Amendment contingent by marching in the US Constitution Day parade in the People's Republic of Santa Monica with other members of the Westside Firearms Association (soon to become the NRA Members Council of Westside Los Angeles), as well as my wife and two young children. Of many insults and obscenities hurled at us by the urban Marxist worthies as we passed, the one I remember most vividly was "Go Back to Bakersfield!"

Yes, Councilwoman Benham, resolutions are political statements, but you're not against all of them--for instance, when other council members wanted to declare that Bakersfield would endorse English and not be a "sanctuary city," you had no problem offering "a competing proposal...to recommend that the federal government enforce its laws."

So don't give us that. You're demonstrably not against resolutions per se. Just the ones you don't support, like the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

Like Tip O'Neill famously said, "All politics is local." The council sets the tone for the community, and what they do or do not endorse sets a leadership example for the voting constituents.

I again recall, a couple years later, a subversive on the Redondo Beach city council proposed a resolution of support for the state of California's proposed new (the Perata "features" version--the Roberti-Roos "model" version being deemed not tyrannical enough) "assault weapons" ban. Showing up in force, speaking request cards filled out and speeches ready, the cowards first moved it to the end of the agenda hoping they'd lose us from attrition, and then decided not to vote on the matter.

So your sole refusal to support the resolution should be noted, Ms. Benham, and Bakersfield gun owners should react accordingly when you run for future office. And hollow protests of support for "the Second Amendment and the rest of the Constitution" notwithstanding (and I can point to any number of politicians who make that claim, right before revealing their big "but"), your true agenda is being just another in a long line of self-aggrandizing democrat operatives ruining the promise of what once was "The Golden State."

As an aside: citizen activists are not doing themselves any favors remaining oblivious to the workings of local government. I recommend having your city government website bookmarked and knowing where to access agendas for upcoming meetings and minutes of past ones, so that you know who to support and who not to, and when organized attendance is required. No, I'm not suggesting becoming a cable TV meeting junkie--this can be monitored and accomplished in about 5 minutes each week, with organized responses limited to an "as needed" basis.

[Via Maureen]

Guardian River

Indian River County, Florida is a Second Amendment Sanctuary [More]

I'm just wondering if they're going to have to change their name...

And just got one more:

Kosciusko County, Indiana passed a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance [More]

Guardiana...?

What's South Dakota's Motto, Again?

• Gregory County, South Dakota is a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• Fall River County, South Dakota is a Second Amendment Sanctuary

Eric Swalwell/Joe Biden Nuclear Target/F-15 Zone Expands

• Barton County, Kansas is a Second Amendment Sanctuary
• 1,965 American Counties are now Second Amendment Sanctuaries
• Washington County, Ohio passes resolution in support of Second Amendment

A Yamhill to Die On

After passionate testimony in favor of protecting Second Amendment rights (in a packed room) and (a few) others claiming the Second Amendment  is obsolete, used by people who “fetishize” firearms, two of three Yamhill County Commissioners voted to kill a Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance. [More]

Now the question is if enough motivation exists to replace the rope seller and the dope grower.

Second Amendment Resolutions Add Emphasis to Adage That ‘All Politics is Local’

 

Here’s what they don’t do, at least until now: They don’t actually enforce rights, which if you think about it, is the sworn duty of every “law enforcer.” They might not help the feds or the state rape a citizen of his rights, but they don’t stop them from the act, either. [More]

Ideally, we should be working toward all three goals: A Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution, a Militia resolution, and a Second Amendment enforcement bill. 

Sanctuary!

 There are some comments under my latest AmmoLand piece I believe merit further awareness because, as one reader put it, "This is a topic that needs more coverage and wide dissemination." 

I cannot urge you strongly enough to go to SanctuaryCounties.com and first of all familiarize yourself with the site, then drill down to your AO, and tell your friends.

I grabbed the latest map from here.

"I have devoted more than a year of my life to archiving the Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement," site creator Noah Davis tells us. "We are now well over 1/3 of all American Counties that are now Second Amendment Sanctuaries."

I did not know that, did you? Davis wrote about it last September.

If you do "social media" (what I prefer to use as advocacy media), you can keep up with them on Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube.

Solidarity Statements

• Worcester County, Maryland is a Sanctuary for the Constitution and Bill of Rights
• Jerome County, Idaho supports the 2nd Amendment and other Constitutional Rights
• Butler County, Nebraska passes resolution in support of Second Amendment
• Bonneville, Idaho declared a Protected Second Amendment County
• Nye County, Nevada is a Bill of Rights Sanctuary

Sheltering in Place

• Franklin County, Washington passes resolution in support of Constitutional Rights
• Marble Falls City, Texas passes resolution in support of Second Amendment
• McDonald County, Missouri is a Second Amendment Sanctuary

Adding to the Growing List

• Bannock County, Idaho passes resolution in support of Second Amendment
• Carroll County, Missouri passes Second Amendment Sanctuary Ordinance

We're the Only Ones Unsupportive Enough

Sheriff says he can’t support Second Amendment sanctuary [More]

Followed by the obligatory:

“I'm a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. I'm a hunter. I own guns..."

Spoken like a "true" oathbreaker and fraud.

[Via Jess]

SANCTUARY!

The Carroll County Board of Commissioners has voted 4 – 0 declaring Carroll County a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. [Watch]

Here's the resolution.

Point of order in re framing terms: Nullification is what tyrants do to freedom. Consider this reclamation, but only to a point. I still see all kinds of infringements they will accept.

[Via James Simpson]

But Santuaries for Future Democrats are Fine

Illinois State Rep. Terra Costa Howard (D) is pushing legislation to make it illegal for counties to declare “Second Amendment Sanctuary” status. [More]

So I guess she'll be a no-go on Mutual Defense Pact counties and Confiscation-Free Zones?

It seems if she gets this passed and it's upheld, the precedent could be used against "sanctuary cities" for illegals. Except the same rules never apply for "progressives," do they?