Second Amendment Sanctuary Push Aims to Defy New Gun Laws

Spectators applaud as the Buckingham County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to pass a Second Amendment Sanctuary City resolution at a meeting in Buckingham , Va., Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Steve Helber/AP Photo

BUCKINGHAM, Va.—A standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 packed the meeting room, filled the lobby, and spilled into the parking lot recently in rural Buckingham County, Virginia. They had one thing on their minds: guns.

The vast majority favored a proposal to protect their right to carry firearms: declaring the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary.