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Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’

Exploring Sen. Murphy’s Claim About ‘Second Amendment Sanctuaries’

By some counts, about 60% of U.S. counties are so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries,” which oppose gun laws that they claim are unconstitutional. But that does not necessarily mean that “60% of counties … are refusing to implement the nation’s gun laws,” as Sen. Chris Murphy claimed.