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Bladen County residents have heard a lot of chatter about the Second Amendment Sanctuary Resolution requested by a local citizen, Tony Priest. Bladen County Sheriff James A. McVicker released a statement on Friday, January 31 in reference to the amendment request.

“It is my duty as Sheriff of Bladen County to enforce the laws of North Carolina General Statutes as prescribed by the Legislature and the United States Constitution. I will do so consistently and fairly while serving the citizens of Bladen County,” Sheriff McVicker stated,

He added, “I support the Second Amendment- Right to Bear Arms. The Constitution speaks for itself. I will support, maintain and defend the Constitution of North Carolina and the United States not inconsistent therewith.”

In closing he said, “I encourage us all to give careful consideration to the rights of all our citizens as we move forward in this process.”

Priest is expected to address the Bladen County Board of Commissioners this evening about a resolution to make the county a second amendment sanctuary.

The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Lower Level Assembly Room on the first floor of the Bladen County Courthouse in Elizabethtown. The meeting is open to the public.

A resolution, if passed, would mean “the locality will oppose possible gun control laws,” Priest said in a petition, and that commissioners “would be expressing their deepest commitment in protecting the constitutional right of all citizens in Bladen County to keep and bear arms.”

Click to read full agenda: Bladen_Commissioner_Agenda_0203

Related article:

https://bladencounty.org/politics-second-amendment-sanctuary-petition-started-for-bladen-county-nc/