In Rockingham County, guns are a way of life.
During the Civil War, the Searcy & Moore gun factory supplied rifles to Confederate soldiers.
Firearm maker Sturm, Ruger & Co. has a plant in Mayodan and Remington is headquartered in Madison.
Hunting has long been a favorite pastime.
And in 2013, the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution upholding the Second Amendment.
So late last Friday, when a
Facebook post leaked a draft ordinance requested by embattled Chairman
Keith Mabe that restricted gun use in the county, the firestorm of
controversy it set off was predictable.
By Monday morning, as the public
relations fallout reached a crescendo, Mabe announced that he was
tabling the ordinance. That ended the issue — but not the backlash from
residents and Mabe’s fellow commissioners.
“Keith doesn’t know what kinda hornet’s nest he poked here,” one county resident posted on Facebook.
I live in Rockingham county. I will be voting him out, as well as any and all incumbent candidates. They have, in my opinion, done nothing of measurable value for the county. Our county needs jobs, not gun restrictions or tax increases.
ReplyDeleteI am sure after this, he will not get re-elected, but then again, there are a lot of apathetic and uninformed voters in Rockingham county.
Thanks.
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