Courtesy of Swain County YouTube National calls for stronger gun control legislation have prompted some Swain County residents to ask commissioners to make the county a 2nd Amendment sanctuary. Donna Cole brought forward almost 1000 signatures to the commission in support of the resolution in March. Cole said that citizens need to be able to defend themselves. “If you take the weapons away from the regular people, then the only people that are going to have weapons are the criminals,” said Cole, who is 66. The petition started before the two mass shootings in March in Atlanta and Bolder. Cole explained that “illegal” immigrants, BLM and ANTIFA are groups that she is concerned about.