I asked our Sheriff and Commonwealth’s attorney what their stance on the proposed legislation was and this was the response from our CA... Sheriff Millirons left me on read
Eric,
Thank you for your message. There has been a lot of discussion and confusion about this issue.
Let me assure you and all of the citizens of Giles County that as a Constitutional Officer, I have taken an oath to uphold the Virginia Constitution, the United States Constitution, and ALL of the Amendments, including the Second Amendment.
Whenever the General Assembly passes a new law, I always have to review the specific wording of the statute to determine what that new law actually means. (Most bills go through significant changes before a final version gets a vote.) Part of my job involves explaining these new laws to the public and to our officers, and those legal opinions obviously have to be based on specific details. Until we have those details, It would be impossible for me to give a legal opinion about future laws that do not yet even exist. This means that the questions you are thinking about right now are good questions, BUT we first have to see what any new statute IS before we can analyze what it means and how it should be applied.
There is currently no legal definition of the term “Second Amendment sanctuary”. The term means different things to the different localities and political groups that choose to use it. In fact, different groups have used different wording on their resolutions and other statements. These differences strongly suggest that the groups do not all have exactly the same intent. So, your question “What does this ‘status’ mean?” can really only be answered by the locality or group which adopts the term. Further clarification about what the Giles County Board of Supervisors intended can only come from the Board.
I look forward to continuing this conversation.
