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ME: Piscataquis becomes first Maine county to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary
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Piscataquis County has become the first Maine county to declare itself a Second Amendment sanctuary, a win for gun rights advocates who have already pushed cities and towns across the state to do the same.
The resolution in Maine’s least populous county, passed unanimously on Tuesday, states that county commissioners will refuse to enforce or financially support any new gun laws that infringe on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or Article I, Section 16 of the Maine Constitution, which states that the right to bear arms “shall never be questioned.” |
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"The Supreme Court first recognized the Second Amendment as providing an individual right to a firearm in the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case."
A lie.
In 1939, the Court in U.S. v. Miller assumed arguendo that the defendant had an individual right to bear arms. The government argued that it was a collective, not an individual right. The Court ignored that argument completely, and remained silent on that issue; a recognition of the individual right, de facto. |
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