Arizona's most populous county on Wednesday joined a growing national movement in which areas are declaring themselves Second Amendment sanctuaries and proclaiming support for gun ownership rights.
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted in Phoenix to declare one of the nation's fastest-growing counties a “Second Amendment Preservation County,” following dozens of counties nationwide and four others in
Arizona that have approved similar symbolic resolutions meant to stave off gun-control policies that could be seen as unconstitutional.
The resolution in Maricopa County, which has about 4.4 million residents, simply says the board supports the right to own guns.