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A Lee Enterprises, Incorporated newspaper. Majority shareholder: David Hoffmann, Hoffmann Media Group.
Davidson County appears prepared to do whatever it takes to protect residents' Second Amendment rights
- By Lee O. Sanderlin BH Media
- Jan 12, 2020
- Jan 12, 2020
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The intersection of First and Main streets in Lexington in Davidson County. Some elected Republican officials in Davidson County have drafted a resolution affirming the Second Amendment rights of the county’s residents and declaring that the county will never allocate resources or assist in the enforcement of a gun-control law.
Photos by Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal
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LEXINGTON — Even though it’s raining, people are walking throughout downtown, going to various stores and restaurants, enjoying their day in this small, sleepy Southern town of fewer than 19,000 people.
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Davidson County Commissioner Zak Crotts wrote a draft resolution that affirms the Second Amendment rights of the county’s residents. Crotts says he is taking action because of proposed gun-control bills in Virginia and the possibility of the federal government passing gun-control legislation.
Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal
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Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons sits for a portrait in his office in Lexington.
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Robert Curlee, a veteran of the Vietnam War and a former member the Lexington City Schools Board of Education, says he would like to see a countywide referendum on the matter.
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The intersection of First and Main streets in Lexington in Davidson County. Some elected Republican officials in Davidson County have drafted a resolution affirming the Second Amendment rights of the county’s residents and declaring that the county will never allocate resources or assist in the enforcement of a gun-control law.
- Photos by Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal
Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons sits for a portrait in his office in Lexington.
- Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal
Davidson County Commissioner Zak Crotts wrote a draft resolution that affirms the Second Amendment rights of the county’s residents. Crotts says he is taking action because of proposed gun-control bills in Virginia and the possibility of the federal government passing gun-control legislation.
- Andrew Dye/Winston-Salem Journal
Robert Curlee, a veteran of the Vietnam War and a former member the Lexington City Schools Board of Education, says he would like to see a countywide referendum on the matter.
- Andrew Dye/Journal
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