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

Published November 10, 2019 2:54pm ET



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.”

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