\nAs the movement grows \u2014 and it is growing by leaps and bounds \u2014 we will see more attacks from politicians, which will then be parroted by their staunch supporters in the legacy media, assuming, that is, they can break a reporter loose from their hard-hitting, investigative coverage of Joe Biden\u2019s ice cream cone du jour.<\/em><\/p>\n
No, NPR, there aren\u2019t 400 Second Amendment Sanctuary counties in the US \u2014 there are 1,930<\/a><\/p>\n Taxpayer funded National Public Radio tries to downplay and trivialize the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement, without letting the facts get in their way.<\/em><\/p>\n To be clear, there are 1,930 counties that have now become Second Amendment Sanctuaries, which is more than 61% of all the counties in the United States.<\/p>\n Of these counties, 1,137 made the decision to protect the Second Amendment on their own. The rest are located in the 15 \u00a0states \u2014 the most recent being Texas \u2014 that declared themselves Second Amendment Sanctuaries, according to Noah Davis of\u00a0sanctuarycounties.com<\/a>\u00a0and its companion site\u00a0constitutionalsanctuaries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Davis has the most up-to-date maps and data available on the topic. He has tracked the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement since its inception in his home state of Virginia.<\/p>\n The fact more than 61% of the country has chosen to protect the Second Amendment rights of their citizens has largely been ignored by the legacy media. If they have bothered to do a story on sanctuaries at all, their goal has been to downplay if not belittle the movement. Of course, that, friends, is what we call\u00a0spin<\/em>.<\/p>\n Taxpayer subsidized National Public Radio is the latest to try to torpedo the movement, which is growing every single day.<\/p>\n On NPR\u2019s June 21 edition of \u201cHere & Now,\u201d\u00a0<\/a>the host falsely states there are only 400 counties that have become Second Amendment Sanctuaries, not 1,930. This is a common error among the legacy media. Davis has said it stems from a story originally published more than a year ago by Bloomberg\u2019s anti-gun propaganda factory \u2014\u00a0The Trace<\/a>. The story keeps rebounding around the internet, even though the numbers have increased significantly, because of lazy reporting and shoddy research.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t NPR\u2019s only attack on the grassroots movement.<\/p>\n The show\u2019s guest, Anders Walker, a constitutional law professor at St. Louis University\u2019s School of Law, tore into the sanctuary movement even more.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a bit of political theater,\u201d Anders said. \u201cTheir using language made popular during the Trump Presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n Asked whether he believes the Biden\/Harris administration will \u201ccrack down\u201d on the sanctuary movement, Anders said Biden has been \u201cvery savvy about not pushing issues that are going to generate an explosive backlash.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, I think he has made it clear he does want to go after things like the AR-15.\u201d Anders said, adding that if the Democrats win the midterm elections, they will likely \u201creup the Assault Weapon Ban.\u201d<\/p>\n The NPR host and the good professor then staged a bit of political theater of their own.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat message does this bill send even if it is almost purely symbolic?\u201d the host asked.<\/p>\n \u201cI personally think is sends a losing message, which is: \u2018We\u2019re gonna double-down on opening up gun sales to everybody.\u2019 I don\u2019t think that is a good look for the NRA. It\u2019s not a good look for gun owners. It makes them look irresponsible,\u201d Anders said.<\/p>\n I sent an email to the \u201cHere & Now\u201d program alerting them to their missteps and asking when and how they intend to correct their errors. Although I received an automated acknowledgement that they received my email, I have not received an actual response.<\/p>\n In my humble opinion, the Biden\/Harris administration, the legacy media and the folks at The Trace and other anti-rights groups are scared witless by the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement,<\/p>\n More than 61% of the country has drawn a line in the sand \u2014 telling the federal government not to infringe upon their God-given and constitutional rights. The movement ceased being \u201csymbolic\u201d a long time ago.<\/p>\n Despite the good professor saying it\u2019s not a \u201cgood look\u201d for the NRA, neither the NRA nor any other civil rights organizations have anything to do with it. This is a pure grassroots movement. It\u2019s organic. It\u2019s hyper-local. It\u2019s about citizens standing up to their government \u2014 period. No one person or organization is pulling any strings.<\/p>\n That NPR and other outdated members of the legacy media are now belittling and downplaying Second Amendment sanctuaries shouldn\u2019t come as a shock to anyone. They\u2019re scared, after all, but not nearly as scared as the politicians. The movement positively terrifies them. It strikes at their very core. It tells them very plainly that we will not comply with their tyrannical edicts.<\/p>\n As the movement grows \u2014 and it is growing by leaps and bounds \u2014 we will see more attacks from politicians, which will then be parroted by their staunch supporters in the legacy media, assuming, that is, they can break a reporter loose from their hard-hitting, investigative coverage of Joe Biden\u2019s ice cream cone du jour.<\/p>\n As always, thanks for your time.<\/p>\n Lee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BLUF: In my humble opinion, the Biden\/Harris administration, the legacy media and the folks at The Trace and other anti-rights groups are scared witless by the Second Amendment Sanctuary movement….. 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<\/p>\nTakeaways<\/h3>\n