Scott County, Arkansas, has passed a Bill of Rights Sanctuary ordinance, obviously inspired by the rising current of 2A Sanctuary resolutions in VA and elsewhere. However, this version speaks of the entire Bill of Rights. An extended article on the contents and implications of the action is in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette article
County sovereignty law raises concerns Free from state, U.S. rule, it declares
by Bill Bowden Updated February 2, 2020 at 2:43 a.m.
The situation is interesting because Arkansas has a Republican governor, Congressional delegation, and and legislature, and there has been no hint of restrictive legislation proposals as we have seen in Virginia.
From the news article:
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James Forbes, the county judge in Scott County, said his county's ordinance has nothing to do with politics.
"This is a nonpolitical statement," he said of the ordinance. "This is not anything along party lines. It simply puts that this county supports the Constitution and the Bill of Rights."
Forbes said Scott County is thinking ahead.
"They're in a reactive mode right now," he said of Virginia. "We're being proactive."
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W. Whitfield Hyman, a Fort Smith lawyer who helped draft the proposed ordinance for the Arkansas Liberty Coalition, said it was a public relations move by Scott County to include all of the Bill of Rights.
"They don't want to seem like gun nuts," Hyman said.
"It doesn't have anything to do with gun nuts," Forbes said. "This isn't about just the Second Amendment."
Hyman described his proposal as a "constitutional-rights ordinance," not a "Second Amendment ordinance."
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The world of politics is filled with symbolism and signaling. I wonder what really kicked off this effort>
County sovereignty law raises concerns Free from state, U.S. rule, it declares
by Bill Bowden Updated February 2, 2020 at 2:43 a.m.
The situation is interesting because Arkansas has a Republican governor, Congressional delegation, and and legislature, and there has been no hint of restrictive legislation proposals as we have seen in Virginia.
From the news article:
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James Forbes, the county judge in Scott County, said his county's ordinance has nothing to do with politics.
"This is a nonpolitical statement," he said of the ordinance. "This is not anything along party lines. It simply puts that this county supports the Constitution and the Bill of Rights."
Forbes said Scott County is thinking ahead.
"They're in a reactive mode right now," he said of Virginia. "We're being proactive."
...
W. Whitfield Hyman, a Fort Smith lawyer who helped draft the proposed ordinance for the Arkansas Liberty Coalition, said it was a public relations move by Scott County to include all of the Bill of Rights.
"They don't want to seem like gun nuts," Hyman said.
"It doesn't have anything to do with gun nuts," Forbes said. "This isn't about just the Second Amendment."
Hyman described his proposal as a "constitutional-rights ordinance," not a "Second Amendment ordinance."
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The world of politics is filled with symbolism and signaling. I wonder what really kicked off this effort>
