For a very long time now, there have been two competing trends in this country.

At the federal level, as well as many state levels, there has been a push towards more centralization,

the introduction of more levels of bureaucracy and the

accompanying red tape, as well as more attempts to chip away at the Second Amendment.

However, at the very same time you have local levels, many municipalities across the country,

moving in the exact opposite direction, declaring themselves to be either constitutional sanctuaries

or Second Amendment sanctuaries and making it such that any effort to infringe on the constitutional rights of those citizens will be treated as criminal activity even if it's done by either federal or state-level officials.

Case in point, a week ago, lawmakers over an Indian River County, Florida, which is a conservative

leading county in the eastern part of the state, they unanimously voted

to join this movement and they declare themselves to be a constitutional sanctuary.

What that means in practice is that they will protect the rights that are enshrined in both the

U.S. Constitution as well as in the Bill of Rights.

We firmly resolve and protect the Constitution of the United States of America because we have to fight

against all enemies both foreign and domestic and to resist any intrusions and the sacred rights

to protect the United States of America's Constitution.

Then speaking to a local news outlet, you had Sheriff Eric Flowers lay out why going constitutional was a necessary step for Indian River County.

We stand by the Constitution. We stand by the Constitution.

We stand by the guiding principles of our forefathers.

And so I feel like recognizing that versus other places who seem to be going in the complete

opposite direction, parts of California, you know, parts of New York

that are doing things that we find, you know, we believe to be unconstitutional.

The simplest example to give people is the Second Amendment, right?

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