Several hundred North Georgia residents gathered in Rome on Saturday to advocate for the creation of so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries” in Georgia.
The Floyd County rally comes a week after a gun-rights rally in Virginia drew an estimated 22,000 supporters. But unlike in that state, gun regulation faces much steeper odds in Georgia’s Republican-dominated Legislature.
Inspired by a wave of local resolutions in Virginia aimed at resisting proposed gun-control laws there, Floyd County resident Chris Ashley organized a rally to encourage his county commissioners to follow suit.
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