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Posted on 02/28/2020 5:00:42 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
SPARTA, WI (WEAU)-- Monroe County is declared a Second Amendment sanctuary.
This comes after the county board approved a resolution during a meeting Wednesday.
The resolution opposes any unconstitutional changes to the 'right to bear arms.'
"The people that submitted this feel that it's a protection for future laws down the road where people are very concerned about the Second Amendment--to protect their rights to bear arms,"said Pete Peterson the Monroe County board chairman.
Board chairman Pete Peterson says a member of the community as well as the sheriff and district attorney were key players with the resolution.
Monroe County becomes the FOURTH county in Wisconsin to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary, but more could follow.
"This is a thing that's probably going to start sweeping the state," Peterson said. "We're [one of] the first counties to approve this and there's other counties that have the same issue going forth."
Despite the resolution being approved in a 15 to 1 vote, the County Board Chair says he would have liked the procedure to be handled differently.
The county board heard arguments on both sides for an hour.
Then, a motion to vote immediately was passed, meaning the board would vote without a chance to debate and discuss among themselves.
"I can live with how it turned out," Peterson said. "I am not too happy with that procedure because the county board did not have the opportunity to weigh-in on the situation."
Peterson says since the approval, he has heard from members of the community.
"There's been a lot of blow-back. I've gotten some phone calls this morning [saying], 'Well this was not advertised, nobody knew about it.' It wasn't advertised properly," said Peterson.
The Chairman also says the resolution had support with more than 400 people attending a meeting downtown last week.
"I think if we would have taken it a little more slower with a little more publicity, the outcome probably would have been the same, but it would have been easier for people to swallow," Peterson said.
Peterson, who's retiring in April, says he's looking to see if there's a way to bring the resolution back to the board again.
Little Tiny Ping from Wisconsin. :)
Having to go to this length shows how backwards things have become. Great outcome, all this support of The 2nd Amendment shouldn’t be this hard. Keep it going WI, I here in ID salute you folks. MAGA.
Good news.
Look how many counties in Virginia declared for the Second Amendment. Northam has passed Cuomo and Newsom as the nation’s worst governor, but it’s inspiring to see there are still Patriots in the Old Dominion.
I am curious, are existing unconstitutional laws, such as background checks enforced?
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In Kind’s district any reaction from that jerk ?
Sparta
Home of Deke Slayton
Allot of great things come out of that corner of the state.
Sparta County is adjacent to Vernon County where I spent quite a bit of time. Great country, solid folk.
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A constitutionally-reaffirming vote doesn’t need people to be made easier to ‘swallow it’.
WOOHOO!
Damn, meant Sparta in Monroe County.
Sorry.
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Good on Camp McCoy and Monroe County! Lose that moron Evers next election.
Guns and cranberries!
What does The Left think of Sanctuary Cities when they are not their type of sanctuary? The Demon-crat candidates should be asked this at their debate.
And BIG DEER!
Turdy Point Buck in WI and them Packers. Ya!
I rue the death of the small Wisconsin breweries. Monroe Beer was $1.75 + deposit for an eight pack.
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms rule!!!!
Turdy Point Buck is trademarked by the Yoopers from the UP of Michigan.
Almost spit my coffee out - was raised in Monroe County - NY and the headline made me think of ice skating in Hell...
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