PIERRE — Hughes County has joined a handful of mainly western South Dakota Counties including neighboring Stanley County in declaring themselves a Second Amendment Sanctuary County. A resolution with the declaration was brought to the Hughes County Commission this week by Commissioner Connie Hohn…
County Manager Kevin Hipple says the idea came from a spring workshop attended by county commission members across the state. Hughes County Commission Chairman Randy Vance favored approval…
The resolution was approved unanimously by the Hughes County Commission, but carries no enforcement action and is not a law. Pennington, Bennett and Fall River Counties have also approved Second Amendment Sanctuary County resolutions showing support for the Second Amendment.