{"id":94707,"date":"2020-01-25T09:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T13:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=94707"},"modified":"2020-01-24T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T17:02:54","slug":"virginia-2a-sanctuary-localities-to-be-invited-to-join-west-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=94707","title":{"rendered":"Virginia 2a Sanctuary Localities to be Invited to Join West Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the ground, the support for the 2nd Amendment is a bipartisan one. (Ben Garrison)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Members of the West Virginia House are sponsoring a resolution. This is in response to the Virginian movement to declare, at the local level, “Second Amendment sanctuary status”. Not only is this a move to support these counties, but an invitation to join West Virginia.<\/p>\n

West Virginia Delegate Gary Howell provides a video explaining the feasibility of counties breaking away from Virginia and joining West Virginia. Article 4 Section 3 of the US Constitution covers the creation of new states. Howell’s argument is from the perspective of counties from one state joining another state, with no new state being formed.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/p>\n

“The parts of Virginia that are more like West Virginia and much less like the I-95 corridor and the tidewater region, they’re the ones that are reaching out to us<\/span><\/strong>,” Howell said. “As you get closer to the urban areas, they more attuned with big government, a little less freedom, and we don’t see those coming over<\/span><\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Howell says anywhere between 30 and 46 counties could potentially take up West Virginia — which split from Virginia around the time of the Civil War due to disagreements over slavery — on the offer.<\/p>\n

“We see our brothers really under attack, our way of life. What we have here in West Virginia we treasure, and parts of Virginia treasure that way of life<\/span><\/strong>,” Howell said of the areas that could join the state.<\/p>\n

The text of the resolution requires any Virginia jurisdictions wanting to join West Virginia to have their citizens vote on the proposal before Aug. 1. West Virginia voters would then have the option to accept those areas in a statewide referendum during the general election in November.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Naturally, something like this would not go without a court battle. This would also spur academic debate on the feasibility of something like this occurring given today’s circumstances.<\/p>\n

Fox News has additional details and a video, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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