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A Proposed Resolution for Adoption by Counties re: 2nd Amendment
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Whereas, the Declaration of Independence recognizes that our Rights are unalienable, come from God, and that among these Rights is the Right of self-defense; and
WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence recognizes the purpose of government as being to secure our Rights and

Whereas, the Constitution of the United States is one of enumerated powers and WE THE PEOPLE did not grant to the federal government any power whatsoever to restrict our Right to Keep and Bear arms; and

Whereas, the Second Amendment of the Constitution acknowledges that: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”;

Therefore Be It Resolved,

1. All federal laws, regulations, judicial opinions, and other edicts for the Country at Large which pretend to restrict THE PEOPLES’ arms in any fashion whatsoever are unlawful, in violation of our Declaration of Independence; are outside the scope of powers granted to the federal government in the Constitution and are in violation of the Second Amendment.
2. All State laws, regulations, judicial opinions, and other State edicts which pretend to restrict THE PEOPLES’ arms in any fashion whatsoever violate our Declaration of Independence; are unconstitutional, violate Article I, §8, clauses 15 and 16 of the Constitution [those clauses permitting the Congress to require Citizens of the States to be armed and trained]; and violate the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and

Be It Further Resolved, by the __________________ County Board of Supervisors that the Board will vigorously uphold the Right of the Citizens to be armed; and in addition thereto intends at subsequent times and dates to adopt the following measures:

1. Funding for weapons training for Citizens residing in this County, including firearms safety training in ______________ County public schools;
2. Provisions to eliminate funding for enforcement of any pretended laws, regulations, judicial opinions, or other edicts which violate our Declaration of Independence and any of the above-described federal or state constitutional provisions; and
3. Other provisions as the Board may deem necessary or appropriate for the purposes stated above.

It Is So Resolved, this ________ day of _____________, 2020.

The use of the term, “for the Country at Large”, with respect to federal edicts; and “to the State at Large”, with respect to State edicts, is not accidental.

• While our US Constitution delegates only “enumerated powers” to Congress over the Country at Large; it delegates “general legislative powers” to Congress over the federal enclaves listed at Article I, §8, cl. 17. The exercise by Congress of its legislative powers over the federal enclaves is restricted by the “Bill of Rights”, including the Second Amendment.  So while Congress is prohibited from making for these federal enclaves, any laws which infringe the Right of The People “to keep and bear Arms”; Congress may properly require individuals visiting inmates in federal prisons, the psych ward of military hospitals, the mint, federal courthouses, and other such federal enclaves, to leave their arms in their vehicles.
• In stark contrast with the federal Constitution, State Constitutions typically [and foolishly] grant “general legislative powers” over the State at Large to the State legislature. The exercise of these general legislative powers is restricted only by the Declaration of Rights in the State Constitution (as well as by contradictory provisions in the US Constitution).
• So while State Legislatures are prohibited from infringing the Rights of Citizens to keep and bear arms throughout the State at Large; State Legislatures may properly require individuals visiting inmates in State or County prisons or jails, County or State courthouses, and such like, to leave their arms in their vehicles.
• And remember!  That any provision in any State Constitution which purports to disarm the Citizens of the State would be unconstitutional as in violation of the Second Amendment, and as in violation of Article I, §8, clauses 15 & 16, US Constitution, which provide for the organizing, arming and training of the Militia.  Since Congress has the power to require Citizens to be armed and trained (and Congress exercised that power when it passed the Militia Act of 1792 link), any provision in any State Constitution (or State statute) which interferes with such power is unconstitutional within the meaning of the Supremacy Clause (Art. VI, cl. 2, US Constitution.).

BILL BEFORE CONGRESS:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/127/

1. $800 insurance per year to own guns.
2. Psych eval once every 3 years to own guns, including 24 hours training.
3. Can't loan guns to anyone without explicit government permission.
4. Twenty one year old minimum to own a gun.
5. No magazines above 11 rounds.
6. MINIMUM of a $75,000 fine AND 15 years in jail for ANY violations.