Effingham County officials "take a stand" against attacks on Second Amendment. (Screenshot)

By an 8-1 vote, the Effingham County (Illinois) Board has approved a resolution declaring the county a sanctuary for gun owners.

In a move mocking so-called “sanctuary cities” that refuse to enforce the nation’s immigration laws, the resolution directs employees not to enforce laws that “unconstitutionally restrict the Second Amendment.”

Appearing on "Fox & Friends First," Effingham County board member David Campbell and Effingham County State’s Attorney Bryan Kibler explained the move modeled after a similar one previously adopted by Iroquois County, Illinois and is an effort to “take a hard stand” against attacks on the Second Amendment – while appropriating the “sanctuary city” mantra: