George Mason of Virginia, author of the Bill of Rights, wrote:
Posted on 12/20/2019 9:41:08 AM PST by Perseverando
Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring issued an advisory opinion stating that the resolutions that more than 100 localities across the commonwealth have passed declaring themselves "Second Amendment Sanctuaries" have "no legal effect."
Herring, a Democrat, said Friday the localities and local constitutional officers “cannot nullify state laws” and must follow the gun laws passed by the General Assembly.
"Neither local governments nor local constitutional officers have the authority to declare state statutes unconstitutional or decline to follow them on that basis," Herring wrote in the opinion.
Spooked by Democrats taking control of the General Assembly and promising to pass gun control measures, dozens to hundreds of people have packed into rooms across rural Virginia to ask their local governments to pass Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions. Some Republican lawmakers have vocally supported this effort.
Democrats have already filed several gun control bills ahead of the January legislative session. Proposals include universal background checks, civil penalties for not reporting lost or stolen firearms to police, reinstating the state's lapsed one-handgun-a-month law and giving localities the ability to prohibit the carrying of firearms in a public space during an event that would require a permit.
Some proposals, such as universal background checks, have broad public support, according to polls. But gun rights advocates have been stepping up now that it appears more likely Democrats will be able to pass gun control measures.
Herring has been an advocate for passing gun control measures, including a red flag law that would allow courts to temporarily ban people from possessing firearms if there are clear signs that they pose a danger to themselves or others.
“When the General Assembly passes new gun safety laws they will be enforced, and they will be followed," Herring said in a
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looks like major difference of opinion
So sanctuary cities have no legal effect.
Just what you’d expect from a Democrat. Its his opinion. Who cares?
Did anyone really expect anything different from these guys?
Illegal opinion. Cannot pick and choose which laws to enforce., When the states allowed “sanctuary cities” on illegal immigration they created legal principal being invoked here.
The Virginia State Constitution is very clear, in Article 13 it states-
‘That a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed; that standing armies, in time of peace, should be avoided as dangerous to liberty; and that in all cases the military should be under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.’
An advisory opinion? Mark Herring can go fly a kite.
The Progs are going to start equating with owning Assault Rifles as being on the same vain as Child Porn.
Immediate felonies, long prison sentences, the works.
We are laughing at them calling them stupid, but they are preparing and ready.
Obey
Says the @$$ that supports sanctuary cities for MS-13.
The very first question this man should be asked is, when are you going to declare Sanctuary cities illegal?
Weird cause I’m thinking the same about ag herring and VA’s attempt to violate the rights of a LOT of folks.
Fear the government that fears your guns.
We’ll see when they meet a gun barrel pointed in their face - how tough they are.
Bring it on!!!
Mark Herring might want to avoid the sanctuaries because bullets are not impressed by his opinion.
“Neither local governments nor local constitutional officers have the authority to declare state statutes unconstitutional or decline to follow them on that basis”
Wow, really?
Someone tell Gavin Newsom and Xavier Becerra!
They’ve been actively obstructing federal immigration law for the last decade.
Now that the shoe’s on the other foot, the Rat party has a different opinion?
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