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RI update: Scituate is also coming up for a vote on this Thursday, 5/9, and Richmond will be next week.
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West Greenwich is Town No. 3 in RI to adopt a 2A sanctuary resolution, 4-1 vote:
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YES !! the more the better. It's a big FU to the state.
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Foster now is now No. 4 and Scituate is also tonight, will update in the morning.
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No article or link available re: Foster besides Facebook yet but it passed. Scituate's didn't pass yet but the resolution is scheduled for the next town council meeting.
They have gotten many of the easy ones passed so far. It gets tougher from here. For example, I know Exeter resolution is submitted, but they have a 4-1 progressive majority on the town council.
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Update:
Glocester's didn't pass because that same night, antis in Cranston attempted to get an anti-"assault weapon" resolution passed by the city, which failed because most of the Yellow Shirts went to oppose the anti's Cranston resolution. Richmond successfully passed a resolution. Here's the upcoming 2A Sanctuary resolutions scheduled:
Tiverton: 5/28, vote
Exeter: 6/3, discussion and perhaps vote
West Warwick: 6/4, discussion and perhaps vote
Glocester: TBD but will vote
Coventry: TBD
Scituate: TBD
Here is a map as of 5/18 showing which towns in RI have adopted, discussed, or tabled a 2A resolution. Note that the map is out of date in regards to West Warwick, which should be yellow instead of red. West Warwick should be interesting because the House Speaker's district includes West Warwick and he has often faced stiff (or artificially-inflated) opposition from the local GOP. Mattiello, the Speaker, stated that he is against such resolutions but is also against the idea of sanctuary cities of any kind, e.g. sanctuary cities for immigrants and 2A sanctuaries. Question is what Mattiello will do because the progressives have been pushing him around this legislative session, per a 2A friend in the RI House, and this is a push by "his" own voters: 2A supporters. Note that Mattiello, a Democrat, has either an A or A- NRA rating.
Rhode Island Second Amendment Sanctuary Towns Arise
Glocester's didn't pass because that same night, antis in Cranston attempted to get an anti-"assault weapon" resolution passed by the city, which failed because most of the Yellow Shirts went to oppose the anti's Cranston resolution. Richmond successfully passed a resolution. Here's the upcoming 2A Sanctuary resolutions scheduled:
Tiverton: 5/28, vote
Exeter: 6/3, discussion and perhaps vote
West Warwick: 6/4, discussion and perhaps vote
Glocester: TBD but will vote
Coventry: TBD
Scituate: TBD
Here is a map as of 5/18 showing which towns in RI have adopted, discussed, or tabled a 2A resolution. Note that the map is out of date in regards to West Warwick, which should be yellow instead of red. West Warwick should be interesting because the House Speaker's district includes West Warwick and he has often faced stiff (or artificially-inflated) opposition from the local GOP. Mattiello, the Speaker, stated that he is against such resolutions but is also against the idea of sanctuary cities of any kind, e.g. sanctuary cities for immigrants and 2A sanctuaries. Question is what Mattiello will do because the progressives have been pushing him around this legislative session, per a 2A friend in the RI House, and this is a push by "his" own voters: 2A supporters. Note that Mattiello, a Democrat, has either an A or A- NRA rating.
Rhode Island Second Amendment Sanctuary Towns Arise
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Paris Maine joins list of Gun Sanctuary towns:
Paris selectmen adopt Second Amendment Sanctuary Town resolution
Paris selectmen adopt Second Amendment Sanctuary Town resolution
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According to Facebook, Tiverton, RI is now a gun sanctuary town. This is good because its the first coastal town to pass a resolution (Tiverton is on the Mass border next to Fall Reeve). Hopefully this will motivate people in Little Compton (do people actually live in Little Compton?!?) and Portsmouth.
Counties in Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, Arizona, and Texas became part of a growing "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement this month.
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Some solidly red states, like Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, and Kansas, had already passed state-wide measures declaring that the states will not comply with any federal gun laws that they view as unconstitutional before the movement officially began. For example, Idaho's 2009 resolution specifically opposes the establishment of a federal gun licensing procedure.
But, since Effingham County's declaration, the movement has gained support in local communities across 19 states. In more liberal states, Second Amendment sanctuary legislation is being passed at the county level, and even the city level, such as in Needles, Calif.
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While some sheriffs of Second Amendment sanctuaries, like Weld County, Colorado, Sheriff Steve Reams, deny supporting the decision of gun owners to disobey certain state gun laws, they also admit that enforcing these types of laws aren't their top priorities. Other sheriffs, like Lake County, Florida, Sheriff Peyton Grinnell, "fully" support their county's decision, suggesting that, at least for now, Second Amendment sanctuaries might be an effective way to resist gun control legislation, and aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
reason.com
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Some solidly red states, like Alaska, Idaho, Wyoming, and Kansas, had already passed state-wide measures declaring that the states will not comply with any federal gun laws that they view as unconstitutional before the movement officially began. For example, Idaho's 2009 resolution specifically opposes the establishment of a federal gun licensing procedure.
But, since Effingham County's declaration, the movement has gained support in local communities across 19 states. In more liberal states, Second Amendment sanctuary legislation is being passed at the county level, and even the city level, such as in Needles, Calif.
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While some sheriffs of Second Amendment sanctuaries, like Weld County, Colorado, Sheriff Steve Reams, deny supporting the decision of gun owners to disobey certain state gun laws, they also admit that enforcing these types of laws aren't their top priorities. Other sheriffs, like Lake County, Florida, Sheriff Peyton Grinnell, "fully" support their county's decision, suggesting that, at least for now, Second Amendment sanctuaries might be an effective way to resist gun control legislation, and aren't going anywhere anytime soon.
America’s Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement Is Alive and Well
Counties in Wisconsin, Florida, Virginia, Arizona, and Texas became part of a growing "Second Amendment sanctuary" movement this month. The…
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As far as I know, these votes petered out. There's no realistic chance of 2A-sanctuary resolutions being passed in Woonsocket. The other three towns are a possibility next year. The 2A-sanctuary movement in RI was intended to be a middle finger to the governor and the General Assembly. The General Assembly closes up shop typically around 6/30 every year and I haven't heard any movement on this issue since the close of the General Assembly in 2019.
If I see any more updates, I'll post about it.
Down here in FreeMerica...
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Jefferson and Sevier Counties added to the list of Tennessee 'gun sanctuaries'
Commissioners in Jefferson County said it was important to them and members of the community to show support for the Second Amendment.
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The True Aim of the Gun Sanctuary Movement
(Bloomberg Opinion) -- At first glance, the Second Amendment sanctuary movement currently burrowing into rural Virginia looks like a ballistic twist on the immigrant sanctuary cities movement. Both movements defy the law, one to protect undocumented immigrants from legally sanctioned...
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reading this, the author indirectly explains why the electoral college is so important.
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