(KUTV) –
Weber County became Utah’s youngest Second Amendment Sanctuary Tuesday after the county commissioners passed a resolution.
The sheriff’s office, which was posted on Facebook in support of the resolution, said it was “designed to protect the right of every citizen to bear arms”.
“Protecting the rights of Weber County residents is of the utmost importance and priority to our office. As the guardian of the US Constitution, it is our duty to protect our county and its citizens in all functions, including the right to bear arms, “Sheriff Ryan Arbon said in the Post.
Read the resolution here.
The solution comes three days after a woman was shot dead by her ex-boyfriend in the parking lot of a Smith’s grocery store in Ogden. The man, 41-year-old Mindee Lavell Elmore, also died after shooting himself after an hour-long argument with authorities.
Nationwide talks on gun reforms resumed after mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado and Atlanta, Georgia last month. Four people were killed in a shooting in California last week. And on Tuesday, two people were killed by a shooter in Maryland.
In Utah, proponents of stricter gun laws have stated that local and federal lawmakers are not acting fast enough to stop mass shootings.
Beehive State has several second amendment sanctuaries, including Wayne County, Utah County, and Uintah County.
During the 2021 legislature, Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill that would allow Utahns to hide wearing without permission.
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