A California town near the borders of Arizona and Nevada has declared itself a "2nd Amendment Sanctuary City," according to AP.
The City Council for the Old West desert town of Needles unanimously passed the declaration, which has no immediate impact on local gun laws for the city's 5,000 or so residents. Instead, the city attorney was directed to draft a resolution requesting that the California Legislature allow licensed gun owners from other states to carry their firearms in town.
This effort is part of a national trend of officials in more conservative areas resisting tougher state gun laws. In New Mexico, more than two dozen sheriffs in predominantly rural areas vowed to avoid enforcement, equipped with supportive "Second Amendment Sanctuaries" resolutions from county commissions. In Washington, sheriffs in a dozen counties said earlier this year that they won't enforce the state's sweeping new restrictions on semi-automatic rifles until the courts decide whether they are constitutional. -AP
City Councilman Tim Terral, the measure's sponsor, acknowledges that the chances of the state's liberal legislators approving the legislation are slim to none, though he noted that the title itself is a jab at Democratic strongholds throughout the rest of the state which have declared themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants.
Terral was inspired to introduce the measure after friends from Arizona told them they wouldn't set foot in Needles.
"I'm asking them, 'Why won't you come out to a barbeque at my house? Or why won't you come out here and buy X, Y or Z because we can sell it cheaper,'" he said. "They said basically it's because we're not going to disarm ourselves, and California won't accept our concealed weapons permits."
That said, Needles doesn't want to turn itself into a spaghetti western.
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