Illinois County Declares Itself a ‘Sanctuary County’ for Gun Owners
By AWR Hawkins
Breitbart
April 21st. 2018
*****gham County, Illinois, officially declared itself a “sanctuary county” for gun owners on Monday.
The “sanctuary” status means the county will refuse enforcement of any new state law which might “unconstitutionally restrict the Second Amendment.”
Fox News Insider reports the county board passed the “sanctuary county” resolution by a vote of eight to one on Monday.
County board member David Campbell indicated the vote was part of fighting against the constant encroachment on the Second Amendment. He said, “[We] decided it’s time for someone to take a hard stand.”
*****gham County State’s Attorney Bryan Kibler explained that the idea came from watching how the left declares sanctuary areas throughout the county as it relates to immigration. He said, “So we thought … why don’t we just make this a sanctuary county like they would for undocumented immigrants. So we did flip the script on it.”
The impetus for the vote was a Deerfield, Illinois, decision not simply to bar residents from “assault weapon” ownership but to empower the police chief to confiscate such weapons once the ban goes into effect.