Gun sanctuary movement explodes as background checks near record high

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The gun sanctuary movement is spreading like wildfire, driven by growing concerns that state and local governments, egged on by 2020 liberal presidential candidates such as Mike Bloomberg, will ban guns.

In Virginia, which took the lead in the effort after Bloomberg funded gun control candidates who took charge of the legislature, cities and counties in the movement have nearly doubled.

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