More Sheriffs Declaring Second Amendment Sanctuaries As Movement Grows

More Sheriffs Declaring Second Amendment Sanctuaries As Movement Grows
Cibola County Sheriff Tony Mace's side arm in Grants, New Mexico, U.S., Feb. 28, 2019. Reuters/Adria Malcolm
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A rapidly growing number of counties in at least four states are declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries, refusing to enforce gun-control laws that they consider to be infringements on the U.S. constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Organizers of the pro-gun sanctuaries admit they took the idea from liberals who have created immigration sanctuaries across the United States where local officials defy the Trump administration’s efforts to enforce tougher immigration laws.