Gun Coalition Inserts 2nd Amendment Into Local Elections

Oconee County’s approach to guns became solidly embedded last Saturday in the upcoming elections for the Board of Commissioners and for Sheriff.

Carol Bennett and Johnny Pritchett, both seeking the Republican nomination for Chair of the Oconee County Board of Commissioners, attended the meeting of the Oconee County Gun Coalition at the Oconee County Library and endorsed that group’s desire to declare the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary.

Capt. James Hale, one of the two candidates for the Republican nomination for Sheriff, attended and was endorsed by the Oconee County Gun Coalition because of his stand on Second Amendment issues.

Ryan Anglin, founder and president of the Oconee County Gun Coalition, told the 38 people present that he had sent copies of a resolution declaring the county a Second Amendment Sanctuary County to the five members of the Board of Commissioners.

Anglin said he has asked the commissioners to put the resolution on the agenda of an upcoming meeting. He said he did not have a response, but that he would keep the members informed, and he asked them to show up to support the request when the resolution is on the agenda.

Anglin is pushing for adoption of the resolution before the May 19 primary.

John Daniell, Republican incumbent Chair of the Commission, was not at the meeting. Jimmy Williamson, retired University of Georgia police chief also seeking the Republican Party nomination for sheriff, also did not attend.

For more on this story, with a video of the meeting of the Oconee County Gun Coalition, please go to Oconee County Observations.