Florida county declares it's a ‘Second Amendment sanctuary’ to protect gun rights

Lake County, Florida, commissioners voted to make their region a “sanctuary county” for the Second Amendment.

In a unanimous resolution, the commission voted to declare the county a “Second Amendment sanctuary,” meaning that local law enforcement would not participate in any federally mandated gun restrictions. The resolution came in response to former presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke’s plan to confiscate all AR-15s and other “weapons of war.”

“This draws a line in the sand,” Commissioner Josh Blake told the Orlando Sentinel. “It doesn’t mince words. And I hope it sends a message to what can be described as the authoritarian control freaks.”

He claimed that Democrats such as O’Rourke “see it as their job to forcibly disarm their fellow citizens, and with all due respect that simply won’t be happening in Lake County.”

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