As Virginia Democrats consider sweeping gun control measures, several rural counties in the Commonwealth are preparing unprecedented acts of defiance.
Nearly four dozen Virginia counties have passed resolutions declaring themselves sanctuaries for the 2nd Amendment. The counties have threatened to not enforce proposed gun laws if they pass the state legislature, and are similar to the hundreds of liberal cities and towns in the U.S. that have declared themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, and have refused to cooperate with immigration enforcement. (RELATED: The Four Ways Washington Can Fix America’s Immigration Crisis)