Lake declares itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary County

Tavares, Fla. — In a unanimous vote of 4-0, with one commissioner absent, the Lake County Board of Commissioners declared the county the first in Florida to become a Second Amendment Sanctuary.

The resolution says that law abiding gun owners are safe from having their firearms taken away.

Commissioner Josh Blake proposed the resolution and said, “I hope it sends a message to what can best be described as the authoritarian control freaks who see it as their job to forcibly disarm their fellow citizens.”

Second Amendment Sanctuary counties have been popping up across the nation in response to new gun laws and some presidential candidates proposals to begin mandatory gun buyback programs.

Lake County sheriff, Peyton Grinnell,  said he also supports the measure.