The Cumberland County Commission is scheduled to vote on becoming a second amendment sanctuary county this Tuesday night.

Second Amendment sanctuary, also known as a gun sanctuary, refers to states, counties, or localities in the United States that have adopted laws or resolutions to prohibit or impede the enforcement of certain gun control measures perceived as violative of the Second Amendment such as universal gun background checks, high capacity magazine bans, assault weapon bans, red flag laws, etc

The Commission also will be voting on ‘No consent to refugee resettlement in Cumberland County” resolution.

Gov. Bill Lee in December announced Tennessee will continue to accept refugees, joining only a handful of Republican-led states in doing so as a deadline looms to inform the federal government of the state’s stance on resettlement.  Given his own parties’ opposition to the Governor’s stance, Lee later stated “When people talk about refugees, they’re not talking about illegal immigrants. Those are very different things,” Lee said. “We need to have a very clear understanding of that. When you start talking about this topic, you need to be informed about the difference between illegal immigration and legal refugee settlement.”

The County Commission meeting will be at 6pm Tuesday night at the Cumberland County Courthouse.