Sanctuary Cities For Gun Rights? Oregon Militias Try New Political Tactic

A new kind of gun law is on the ballot in 10 Oregon counties this year. The so-called “Second Amendment Preservation Ordinances” would give those county sheriffs the authority to determine if state and federal gun laws are constitutional and bar county resources from being used to enforce them. 

The measures represent a new legal strategy from gun rights groups. 

“It's a brand-new approach,” said Rob Taylor, an Oregon gun rights activist who is pushing these ordinances. “It's something that really hasn't been tried in a lot of places.” 

Taylor runs the Committee for the Preservation of the Second Amendment. The group wrote and shepherded the ballot measure to Election Day with help of the Oregon chapters of militia groups like the Oath Keepers and the Three Percenters.