The Sanilac County Board of Commissioners will be meeting Tuesday and among the agenda items is the following proposed wording of a resolution regarding the 2nd Amendment.
Commissioners discussed the issue briefly at a previous meeting and are expected to take action on the resolution at Tuesday’s meeting.
A small contingent of people supporting t he 2nd Amendment attended the last meeting, stating their concerns and hopes of Sanilac County becoming a Sanctuary County, like many others have across the State of Michigan.
Below is the proposed resolution:
SANILAC COUNTY RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
WHEREAS, the County Board of Commissioners of the County of Sanilac, State of Michigan, pursuant to Michigan statute, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of the County government of Sanilac County, Michigan, and is organized as a body corporate with powers and immunities provided by law, and to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Sanilac County and the employees of the Sanilac County government; and
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that firearm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has also affirmed that the right of an individual to “keep and bear arms,” as protected under the Second Amendment, is incorporated to the States by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has opinioned that possession or use of a firearm that has some reasonable relationship to the preservation of a well-regulated militia is protected by the Second Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Article I, Section 6 of the Michigan Constitution (1963) provides that “Every person has a right to keep and bear arms for the defense of himself and the state”; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Board to declare its support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and to the provisions of the Michigan Constitution which protect Sanilac County citizens’ individual rights to keep and bear arms; and
WHEREAS, each Sanilac County Commissioner, as provided by Article IX, Section 1, of the Michigan Constitution (1963), took an oath to support the United States Constitution and the Michigan Constitution.
NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Sanilac County Board of Commissioners, that the County of Sanilac, Michigan, affirm and hereby declares support of this Second Amendment, whereby Sanilac County’s citizens may expect to be free from further infringement of their Second Amendment rights without due process.
IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Board affirms its support for the Sanilac County Sheriff and the Sanilac County Prosecuting Attorney, in the rightful exercise of their sound discretion to ensure that unconstitutional firearms laws, which further abridge these rights referenced above, and as determined by a Federal court, are not applied against any citizen of Sanilac County.
BE IT, FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board directs its staff to forward a copy of this resolution to the County’s fellow county elected officials, the Michigan State Legislature (House of Representatives and State Senators), the Governor of Michigan and all of the Michigan U.S. Congressmen.
This Resolution was adopted by the Sanilac County Board of Commissioners at a regular meeting held at the Sanilac County Courthouse, Board Chambers, Sandusky, Michigan, by an affirmative vote of no less than three (3) of the members of the County Board of Commissioners who are elected and serving, on this 21st day of January, 2020.
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Bob Conely, Sanilac County Board Chairman
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