Effingham County, Illinois, Sanctuary For Gun Owners
BY Herschel Smith
6 years, 6 months ago
From reader Felix, this.
An overwhelming majority of board members in Effingham County, Illinois, decided to “flip the script” this week and declare itself a “sanctuary” for gun owners.
Effingham County State’s Attorney Bryan Kibler and board member David Campbell called a barrage of gun-control bills working their way through the Illinois House and Senate a clear signal that it’s time to “take a stand.”
The men joined “Fox & Friends First” on Thursday to discuss a new Second Amendment resolution that passed along an 8-1 vote.
We “decided it’s time for someone to take a hard stand,” Mr. Campbell told the network.
The resolution reads: “If the Government of the State of Illinois shall infringe upon the inalienable rights granted by the Second Amendment, Effingham County shall become a ‘sanctuary county’ for all firearms.”
Mr. Kibler said that Effingham’s move, while “mostly symbolic,” was drafted to articulate the high level of discontent among its population.
Oh dear, this again. Listen to me closely if you live in this county. No, and a thousand times no. Your county won’t be a sanctuary for “all firearms.”
If this county wants to conduct an exercise in nullification, they’d better be ready to have county law enforcement arrest and imprison any state or federal official who dares to effect gun control, and they’d better be ready to do it for “all firearms,” which doesn’t just include AR-15s, but machine guns and anything else folks want to have.
They had better be ready to shoot other people to enforce this nullification, and they’re not. You know they’re not. To say that this is “symbolic” is an understatement. Don’t trust such resolutions passed by petty local officials. They will sit idly by and watch as you’re carted off to prison, telling you all the way that this resolution was just “symbolic.”
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On April 23, 2018 at 3:15 am, Greg Wilson said:
Herschel. Thank you for being there and for sharing your thoughts. I spread them as best I can. The time is upon us — I pray that we will be the men needed for it. I think of Esther, “. . . come to the kingdom for such a time as this . . .” I believe that we have come to the kingdom for such a time as this as well. May we all recognize and do our duty.
God’s Sovereign Hand upon you, Brother! My trust is in Him. As Stonewall would say: “Duty is ours; Consequences are God’s”
On April 23, 2018 at 6:34 am, chad said:
And once again this:
“inalienable rights ‘granted’ by the Second Amendment”
How effective will a defense of the Second Amendment be when put forth by those who don’t understand it?
On April 23, 2018 at 8:12 am, Gryphon said:
Yep. “Virtue Signaling” at its Finest…
Forgot which ‘state’ it was, they passed a ‘law’ that said any Firearm Made and Sold within the ‘state’ was ‘exempt’ from Federal Regulation.
First Guy who tried it was Instantly Arrested by the feds, and the ‘state’ said “we Really didn’t Mean it, it was a “Symbolic” action.
This County ‘board’ are just more Traitors to the Republic, who need a Lamppost.