North Carolina County passes "gun sanctuary" resolution

[Ohiogal]

MURPHY, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina’s westernmost county have voted to declare themselves a “gun sanctuary county.”

The Cherokee Scout reports the Cherokee County Commissioners voted 3-2 to pass a three-page resolution that in part says the county will defy efforts by state or federal government to enforce strict gun-control laws.

The declaration, which passed last week, is considered mostly symbolic.

Commissioner C.B. McKinnon posted the entire resolution on his Facebook page. It reads in part that the county government will not authorize any of its resources for enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of laws “that infringe upon the rights of people to keep and bear arms.”

https://www.apnews.com/e441d0dc5cbb4edeaaf4af03edadd6c8

[shockey80]

1. Fucking assholes, that's all they are.

I am so tired of fucking assholes.

[RKP5637]

5. The asshole count in the US just goes up and up! So fucken tired of it too!!!!

[littlemissmartypants]

2. I'm glad you posted this so I didn't have to.

Other source:

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article227784574.html

[mr_lebowski]

3. Be interesting to see if this 'gun sanctuary' ... extends to Black folks as well ...

My guess is that, in practice, the answer to this question will be a fairly resounding 'No'.

[unc70]

7. Barely any Black folks there

Just over 1%.

BTW voted over 75% for Trump.

[mr_lebowski]

21. I suppose that's ... uh ... 'handy' then, isn't it? (nt)

[Blue_true]

4. And officials in places like that wonder why businesses don't want to locate to their counties. nt

[RKP5637]

6. Yeah! Exactly!!!

[essme]

10. No, they don't

they don't want outsiders there. They don't "wonder" at all.

[Blue_true]

19. The vote was 3-2. They have some people wondering.

But the answer sits right beside them in the commission chambers. Until voters there uniformly get rid of the knuckleheads, they will always live in a backward place.

[Aristus]

8. Because gun-crazed cowards who need to pack heat to go grocery shopping

have to have their safe places...

[Initech]

13. If I walk into a Starbucks and I see people carrying giant ARs on their back...

I'm immediately turning around and walking out of that store, and the manager and franchise owners will be getting a strongly worded letter.

[Blue_true]

20. A place like that, where more than half of the people appear to be nuts likely don't

have a Starbucks or any other type of store, maybe they have a dollar store, but nothing else.

[essme]

9. 7th generation North Carolinian here. I would like to point out

that this is the town Eric Rudolph was hiding out in.

That corner is a weird area of the state.

[Vinca]

11. I'll be sure to never visit that county or spend a dime there.

[hunter]

12. Can we build a wall around it and send all the gun cultists there?

[GaYellowDawg]

14. Too bad that can't actually happen.

I'd support 8 billion from the budget for that.

[Atticus]

15. My county board, in southern Illinois, made my county a "gun sanctuary" about a year ago. That and

other similar RWNJ "resolutions" led several new candidates to run against the gun humpers last fall.

They all lost.

Welcome to my world.

[struggle4progress]

16. "Whenever there's a mass shooting, we think of the poor innocent guns!"

[UniteFightBack]

17. Rural America DOES NOT CARE about folks getting killed in the cities. nt

[lpbk2713]

18. Do they have children or grandchildren?

They don't realize their lives can change forever in an instant.

[Maru Kitteh]

22. Well now the militia know right where to go, don't they.