Now, there are more than 1,200 jurisdictions in 37 states that have declared themselves to be sanctuaries for the right to bear arms. The movement was inspired by Democrats’ use of sanctuary cities to shield illegal aliens from being deported by ICE and other federal authorities.

On Wednesday, an Oregon judge ruled that county sheriffs were not allowed to form a sanctuary for gun rights in violation of state laws. The Daily Caller reported:

Chief Judge Jim Egan of the Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that the sheriffs did not have the authority to create sanctuaries that “create a ‘patchwork quilt’ of firearms laws in Oregon,” further saying that the sheriffs‘ arguments go in the “dustbin,” according to the ruling. Sheriffs in Oregon began to introduce Second Amendment sanctuaries after Oregon passed Ballot Measure 114, which requires background checks, firearm training, fingerprint collection and a permit to purchase any firearm.

Columbia County had enacted a measure that would prevent local officials from enforcing federal and state level gun laws. Any officials who disobeyed the directive would have been subject to thousands of dollars in fines.

Egan continued, accusing proponents of gun rights as being motivated by bigotry and hatred.

“The arguments propounding unfettered access to guns, ammunitions, and implements of destruction give rise to waging of war on government because the proponents believe that our government is infected by those they hate,” Egan asserted. “As a judge, sworn to uphold the Oregon Constitution and the United States Constitution, I cannot stand by without identifying the origins of that argument, and the origins of the Ordinance. The history of white supremacist ideology in this country is older than the United States Constitution.”

That’s right, folks.

This whacko judge is saying that those who value the Second Amendment are motivated by racism. They wish to arm themselves so they can launch assaults on the government because it is supposedly run by the blacks and the Jews.

The judge claimed the sheriff’s counsel was alluding to conspiracy theories about the United Nations enacting mandates requiring state and local governments to seize guns from the American public. “In other words, Intervenors came before this court and referenced UN mandates, which, as explained below, is a well-documented trope meant to invoke white supremacist, antisemitic fear of a takeover of our country by outsiders and minorities who are manipulated by an elite class of supervillains,” he wrote.

Erich Pratt, Senior Vice President for Gun Owners of America (GOA), slammed the ruling and Egan’s appeal to wokeism. “While we are very disappointed in this ruling against the clear vote of the people, we are more alarmed by the raucous secondary opinion by Judge Egan,” he said during an interview with Fox News. “These vitriolic accusations and opinionated commentary have no basis in fact or the law, and the radical viewpoints held by this judge are dangerous to constitutional doctrine and principle.”

The Oregon Firearms Federation echoed Pratt’s sentiments, saying Egan’s accusations were a “lie” and “defamatory.”

“We have come to expect these kinds of mindless and false attacks from the left and their pawns in the media,” the organization said in a written statement. “But coming from the bench, this kind of blatantly false and hate filled rhetoric, is not only unsettling, it is dangerous. It inspires violence and retribution. It is frankly, unhinged.”

Fox News noted that this ruling is the first legal defeat for the Second Amendment sanctuary movement. It was also the first major legal challenge to the movement as well. This is certainly a setback for gun rights advocates. But it does not mean the battle is over. There are still plenty of more sanctuary cities all over the country, and the legal fight will likely continue. It would not be a shock to see this issue make it to the Supreme Court.