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Officials vote to make Pendleton County a 'Second Amendment sanctuary'
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| Last Edited | ev0lv Feb 05, 2020 01:37pm |
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| Author | Jake Ryle |
| News Date | Saturday, January 4, 2020 01:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Pendleton County Fiscal Court on Friday unanimously approved a symbolic resolution declaring their community a “Second Amendment Sanctuary” — one opposed to any law that would create new restrictions on legal gun ownership in the state of Kentucky.
Although the resolution carries no force of law, Judge Executive David Fields said county officials hope it makes an impression on the state legislature as it prepares to reconvene in Frankfort.
“They like their guns,” Fields said of his county’s roughly 14,500 residents. “I’m a gun owner myself. When I go out to sport shoot, I shoot. When I hunt, I hunt. This is part of just showing that we want our Second Amendment rights to stay where they are.”
Pendleton County Judge Magistrate Darrin Gregg, who proposed the resolution, described gun ownership as a “God-given right” in a Monday interview with WCPO and worried aloud that newly elected Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear would outlaw bump stocks or large-capacity clips.
Beshear has stated publicly he would not push for an assault rifle ban but would support a “red flag” law allowing police to temporarily confiscate firearms from people deemed dangerous by a judge. That’s too much, Gregg said.
"You’re not taking nothing,” he said. “That’s our right. You’re not taking nothing. Once you start biting, once you start biting, you want a bigger bite next time.” |
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