Supporters of this particular ordinance include the Oregon Firearms Federation, which said in a November statement that “extremists” and “big city radicals” were trying to curtail gun rights.
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The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a rural Oregon county, one of a wave of U.S. counties declaring itself a Second Amendment sanctuary.
The measure that voters in the logging area of Columbia County narrowly approved last year forbids local officials from enforcing most federal and state gun laws and could impose thousands of dollars in fines on those who try.
Second Amendment sanctuary resolutions have been adopted by about 1,200 local governments in states around the U.S., including Virginia, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Illinois and Florida, according to Shawn Fields, an assistant professor of law at Campbell University who tracks them. Many are symbolic, but some, like in Columbia County, carry legal force.
The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a rural Oregon county. Here s what it could mean.
Governor s OK means S Carolina now allows open carry of guns
JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press
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1of5A supporter of a bill to allow people in South Carolina who already have concealed weapons permits to carry their guns in the open listens to a Senate subcommittee hearing on the proposal on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The bill doesn t appear to have time to pass this session.Jeffrey Collins/APShow MoreShow Less
2of5South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signs a bill requiring schools to provide in-person classes five days a week starting April 26 and for next school year on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The bill also requires school districts to pay teachers extra if they have to teach both in person and online.Jeffrey Collins/APShow MoreShow Less
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