{"id":37890,"date":"2020-01-02T09:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T14:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37890"},"modified":"2020-01-02T09:19:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T14:19:33","slug":"the-battle-for-the-second-amendment-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37890","title":{"rendered":"The Battle For The Second Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article today with the following headline, “Sheriffs may go to jail to protect \u2018Second Amendment sanctuaries,\u2019 congressman says.”<\/p>\n

Virginia’s Governor Ralph Northam recently told WTKR<\/a> that any law enforcement officer that did not carry out gun control laws enacted by the state would face \u201cconsequences,\u201d but he did not give any specifics.<\/p>\n

The Second Amendment states:<\/p>\n

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie thinks some local law enforcement leaders will be willing to go to jail rather than comply with state gun control laws they deem unconstitutional.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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“Attended my first 2A sanctuary meeting today in Lewis County (where I live). Standing room only. Friends and neighbors spoke passionately and articulately. County officials unanimously passed a resolution,” Massie tweeted on Dec. 30<\/a>. “This grassroots movement feels even stronger than the Tea Party in 2010.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cSecond Amendment sanctuary\u201d municipalities last year sprouted up in Illinois<\/a>, a state with some of the strictest gun control laws. They then spread to Colorado<\/a>, Kentucky<\/a>, New Mexico<\/a>, New Jersey<\/a>, Oregon<\/a>, Virginia<\/a>, Washington<\/a> state, and other states.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massie cited Weld County, Colorado Sheriff Steve Reams, a critic of the state\u2019s \u201cred flag\u201d<\/a> law, who has offered to put himself<\/a> in his own jail rather than enforce the state law.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cHis county government has already voted to fund his legal fees should he end up in a protracted legal battle that might go all the way” to the Supreme Court, Massie told the Washington Examiner<\/i>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so that’s one of the things that when you boil it all down and say, \u2018What does the sanctuary county movement mean?’\u201d Massie said. \u201cSo, what it could mean is that county governments decide to use taxpayer dollars, with the blessing of the taxpayers in those counties, to support the sheriffs in their court battles.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red flag laws are unconstitutional–they violate the principle of innocent until proven guilty, and they take property from citizens without the necessary legal procedures. Those laws seem like a good idea on the surface until you realize that people could use those laws to take guns away from people they simply don’t like. Unfortunately, red flag laws in action could very easily mirror what happened during the Salem Witch Trials where a person was accused of being a witch because someone wanted their farm. This is a glaring example of what happens when the legal rights of the accused are not respected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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