WATCH: Shelby County Board reaffirms support for Second Amendment

Rory Stephens, 13, of Shelbyville aims a gun a clay target in the background at the Windsor Gun Club in May. More than a dozen Illinois county boards have passed resolutions declaring themselves ‘sanctuary counties’ for gun owners. SHELBYVILLE — The Shelby County Board voted Wednesday morning to reaffirm a 15-year-old resolution in support of the Second Amendment, rather than adopting a measure to become a “sanctuary county” for gun owners. Board member Robert Amling made the motion to return to the earlier resolution, rather than passing a new measure. He said the county could find itself “writing a resolution all the time” if it did so every time state or federal lawmakers pushed a proposal that county leaders felt violated the Second Amendment. After a short discussion, the board voted 16-2 to reaffirm its support for the 2003 measure. The board had been considering a measure to symbolically declare itself a "gun sanctuary," signaling opposition to firearm restrictions at the state level. More than a dozen others in Illinois have already passed such resolutions, which indicate they might not enforce gun control measures passed by state lawmakers that the county deems as interference with the Second Amendment. Shelby County resident John Warren in April asked Shelby County Board members to consider the move because gun rights are important to a large part of the county, he previously said . "Our general assemblies are wanting to regulate, regulate, regulate," said Warren, a member of the Kaskaskia River Valley Friends […]

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