SB 16, introduced by Sen. Richard L. Saslaw, would create a total ban on commonly-owned semi-automatic firearms, like handguns with more than 10 rounds or the AR-15. Even worse, the ban would even extend to common firearm parts. The restrictions included in the proposed legislation does not grandfather current owners. The legislation is clearly designed to be firearms confiscation, as current owners would be forced to dispossess themselves of their property or face a felony conviction.

On December 12th the Fauquier Board of County Supervisors will be holding a public hearing in Old Town Warrenton at 6:30. Warren Green Building
10 Hotel Street. This issue will be addressed.  

Sign the petition to make Fauquier County join the growing list of over 15 Virginia counties that have recently become "sanctuary counties". 

A Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution sends a powerful message to the General Assembly: pass unconstitutional gun laws and we, the locality, are going to ignore them! The more localities that do this, the louder the message. Get your representatives on the record as either supporting this resolution or not. 

The resolution is just the first step in protecting the rights of Fauquier County citizens. The Sheriff and Commonwealth Attorney will both be contacted to on this issue, as well. 

Here is the resolution for the Fauquier Board of County Supervisors to vote on adopting. 

RESOLUTION OF FAQUIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

WHEREAS, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” and

 WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), affirmed an individual’s right to possess firearms, unconnected with service in a militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home, and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010), affirmed that the right of an individual to “keep and bear arms,” as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states, and

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court in United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939), opined that firearms that are part of ordinary military equipment, or with use that could contribute to the common defense are protected by the Second Amendment, and

WHEREAS, Article I, Section 13, of the constitution of Virginia provides “that a well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the proper, natural, and safe defense of a free state, therefore, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed,” and

WHEREAS, Article I, section 1, of the constitution of Virginia reads “That all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into the state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety, and

WHEREAS, Article I, section 2 of the constitution of Virginia reads “that all power is vested in, and consequently derived from, the people, that magistrates are their trustees and servants, and at all times amenable to them.”, and

WHEREAS, certain legislation that has or may be introduced in the Virginia General Assembly, and certain legislation which has or may be introduced in the United States Congress could have the effect of infringing on the rights of law abiding citizens to keep and bear arms, as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 13 of the Constitution of Virginia, and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors is concerned about the passage of any bill containing language which could be interpreted as infringing the rights of the citizens of Fauquier County to keep and bear arms, and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors wishes to express its deep commitment to the rights of all citizens of Fauquier County to keep and bear arms, and

WHEREAS, the Fauqier County Board of Supervisors wishes to express opposition to any law that would unconstitutionally restrict the rights of the citizens of Fauquier County to keep and bear arms, and

WHEREAS, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors wishes to express its intent to stand as a Sanctuary County for Second Amendment rights and to oppose, within the limits of the Constitution of the United States and the Commonwealth of Virginia, any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict such rights, and to use such legal means at its disposal to protect the rights of the citizens of Fauquier County to keep and bear arms, including through legal action, the power to appropriate public funds, the right to petition for redress of grievances, and the power to direct the law enforcement and employees of Fauquier County to not enforce any unconstitutional law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors of Faquier County Virginia:

That the Fauquier Board of Supervisors hereby declares Fauquier County, Virginia, as a "Second Amendment Sanctuary”, and

That the Fauquier Board of Supervisors hereby expresses its intent to uphold the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Fauquier County, Virginia, and

That the Fauquier Board of Supervisors hereby expresses its intent that public funds of the county not be used to restrict the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Fauquier County, or to aid federal or state agencies in the restriction of said rights, and

That the Fauquier Board of Supervisors hereby declares its intent to oppose any infringement on the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms using such legal means as may be expedient, including, without limitation, court action.

The undersigned clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Fauquier, hereby certifies that the resolution set forth above was adopted during an open meeting on December 12th, 2019, by the Board of Supervisors with the following votes: