STARK COUNTY, Ohio — Stark County is considering becoming a Second Amendment sanctuary, according to News 5's media partners at the Alliance Review.

A Second Amendment sanctuary refers to a local government that won't follow any state or federal gun laws that prohibit or impede the Second Amendment.

On Saturday, residents met at Don Pancho's Tex-Mex Cafe to start the process of becoming a Second Amendment sanctuary.

Their goal is to convince the Stark County commissioner's office to pass a resolution to declare them a sanctuary.

They plan to start a petition and want to get 126,000 signatures before presenting their ideas to the county-board.

In the past two years, hundreds of communities across the country have declared themselves sanctuaries, including in Meigs County, which is in southern Ohio.

To read the Alliance Review's full story, click here.