The Cortland County town of Solon declared Thursday night that it will not enforce any new gun restrictions from New York state, the Cortland Standard reported.

The board unanimously approved the “Town of Solon Second Amendment Preservation Act,” which declares any future state restrictions on guns or ammunition -- including any fees, regulations or background checks beyond what is already required -- violations of the Second Amendment and “null, void and of no effect."

“With this local law, this town is making a statement, and that statement is, ‘No more,’” Town Supervisor Steve Furlin told the Standard.

“We are not New York City. Our lives are vastly different from those in New York City. We are country folk. We’ve been called everything — redneck, hick, cowboy. Well, guess what? I think the government has hopefully met its match with this board."

Six people spoke at a public hearing before the vote; five of the six spoke in favor of the law, according to the Standard.

The law declares that “the right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental individual right that shall not be infringed; and all further and future local, state, and federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition are a violation of the Second Amendment” and “hereby declares that the Town of Solon will use all available avenues to preserve its citizens Second Amendment rights.”

The law forbids any town official or employee from “knowingly and willingly, participate in any way in the enforcement” of any new restrictions regarding “personal firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition.”

It also forbids any town funds from being used "in any activity that aids in the enforcement or investigation relating to subsequently enacted laws, rules or regulations."

While the new law recognizes the Safe Act of 2013, it declares that any new restrictions “shall be considered null, void and of no effect in the Town of Solon,” and states that anyone found in violation of the new town law could be sued by a resident of Solon and face civil fines up to $2,000.

The law lists the following "exceptions":

"This Local Law shall not apply to persons who have been convicted of felony crimes or who are prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law.

"This Local Law shall not prohibit in any way the prosecution of any crime for which the use of, or possession of, a firearm is an aggregating factor or enhancement to an otherwise independent crime.

“This Local Law does not permit or otherwise allow the possession of firearms in areas now held to unlawful to carry a firearm.”

The town’s population was 1,079 in the 2010 Census.

Read the full text of the law.