Sheriff in favor of making Randolph 2nd Amendment sanctuary – Asheboro Courier Tribune

ASHEBORO Following in the footsteps of other North Carolina counties, Randolph County Sheriff Greg Seabolt announced his plans to preserve Randolph as a Second Amendment sanctuary Thursday.

Via Facebook, Seabolt shared the following post to his Greg Seabolt Randolph County Sheriff page:

My job as the Sheriff of Randolph County is to protect and serve the nearly 145,000 citizens. The laws of this great state are very important and must be enforced to insure the safety of our citizens. The rights of each individual in this country are also very important and must never be modified, misinterpreted or overlooked. These are the rights of our constitution that applies to all citizens of this great nation.

We have many people attempting to intrude on those rights and that will not be tolerated. That is the reason I stand firm alongside other Sheriffs across this state to draft a proclamation which will be presented to the county commissioners. This resolution will indicate our intentions of preserving our 2nd amendment right so that all citizens can defend themselves against enemies foreign and domestic and never question their authority to bear arms.

My staff and I have been working diligently to prepare this resolution and our hope is deliver it to the commissioners next month. While the subject of the 2nd Amendment can often divide, we must stand firm and hold true that once our rights are infringed upon, we lose the ability to govern ourselves as our founding fathers imagined.

Neighboring Davidson County will consider approving a similar resolution declaring Davidson County as a Second Amendment sanctuary county during its regular county commissioners meeting Tuesday.

Their resolution states the rights of individuals to keep and bear arms is under attack in the United States by elected officials and that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land and that it guarantees individuals have the right to keep and bear arms in a manner that shall not be infringed.

The proposed resolution also supports the rights of citizens to own guns and expresses to deny any laws that would infringe upon that right.

Davidson County Board of Commissioners wishes to express its deep commitment to protecting Davidson County Citizens Second Amendment Rights; and wishes to express opposition to any law, regulation, or other act that would infringe on the Second Amendment Rights of Davidson County Citizens, the resolution states.

If approved, the resolution would declare Davidson County as a Second Amendment Constitutional Rights Protection County.

Commissioners in Lincoln, Wilkes and Surry Counties have already voted in favor of similar resolutions.

Sheriff Seabolt plans to address the commissioners at their regular February meeting, which will be held Monday, Feb. 3.

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