According to Firearmchronicles
Gun-rights supporters are urging Anderson County officials to pass a measure to make the county a Second Amendment sanctuary where any new state and federal gun-control restrictions would not be enforced.
Critics of similar proposals elsewhere in the nation have questioned whether such ordinances are enforceable.
As of Tuesday morning, 4,750 people have joined the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Anderson SC Facebook page. At least 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for approval of a Second Amendment sanctuary county ordinance, said Walt Lanier, president and founder of the Homeland Park Community Watch organization.
A large crowd is expected when the Anderson County Council takes up the issue Tuesday night. The council meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Anderson County Courthouse in downtown Anderson.
Randy Jones, the Anderson County leader of a pro-gun group called SC Carry, said he worked out an agreement during a meeting Tuesday morning with County Council Chairman Tommy Dunn, Councilman Brett Sanders and county officials.
According to Jones, Dunn and Sanders, the agreement calls for revising a resolution on tonight’s council meeting agenda. Besides expressing support for the Second Amendment, the Constitution’s protection of individuals’ right to bear arms, the resolution will call for a committee to be created to draft an ordinance that would receive initial consideration in early April. The measure also would be sent to state Attorney General Alan Wilson for legal review.
Jones said Anderson County would be the first county in South Carolina to pass a Second Amendment sanctuary ordinance. He said the measure could serve as a blueprint for other counties to follow.
Michael Shirley, an Anderson farmer who is a moderator on the 2nd Amendment Sanctuary Anderson SC Facebook page, said there is no need to form a committee that he claimed would be a waste of taxpayers’ money. He wants the council to take immediate action to approve a proposed ordinance that is posted on the group’s Facebook page. “There are going to be hundreds of people show up at this thing tonight, and we’re there to demand the ordinance that we brought,” Shirley said. “It is totally constitutional; it has been passed by other counties in the nation.”