Our goal is to declare Parke County Indiana a sanctuary for the second amendment. Where as to say our county will not allocate any time or resources, nor assist any outside agencies, be it state or federal, in enforcing any future law that would restrict the individual from the ability to keep and bear arms.  

It is up to every citizen of this county to stand up and make our voices heard. 

Below is a sanctuary 2a county document. All you have to do is copy that it and attach it to the email you send your county rep. Feel free to edit it and make it more personal. 

An example email would be;

Good day commissioner,

I’m reaching out to you today to discuss the possibility of converting our county into a second amendment sanctuary county. While politicians in Indianapolis threaten our second amendment rights I want them to know your county will not have any part of future gun laws that further infringe one our rights! Please read over the document and I look forward to discussion of this topic at the next available county meeting.

Thank you !

Our sanctuary county document

ORDINANCE NO. 2020 ​

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PARKE COUNTY, INDIANA AS A SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY (SASO).

WHEREAS acting through the Constitution of the United States, the people created government to be their agent in the exercise of a few defined powers, while reserving to the citizens the right to decide on matters which concern their lives, liberty, and property in the ordinary course of affairs;

WHEREAS The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, a provision of the Bill of Rights drafted and introduced into the first Congress after the ratification of the Constitution by James Madison, states, “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”;

WHEREAS the right of the people to keep and bear arms is further protected from infringement by State and Local Governments under the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, and the “due process” and “privileges and immunities” clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States;

WHEREAS Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads, “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws;”

WHEREAS Indiana’s Bill of Rights, set forth as Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution declares that “The people shall have a right to bear arms, for the defense of themselves and the State;”

WHEREAS, Article 15, Section 4 declares that “Every person elected or appointed to any office under this Constitution, shall, before entering on the duties thereof, take an oath or affirmation, to support the Constitution of this State, and the United States, and also an oath of office;

WHEREAS the United States Supreme Court in Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137, 177. (1803) stated: “Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and, consequently, the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the legislature, repugnant to the constitution, is void;”

WHEREAS the United State Supreme Court in Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 491 (1966) the Supreme Court stated that “Where rights secured by the Constitution are involved, there can be no rulemaking or legislation which would abrogate them;”

WHEREAS, in 2008 the United States Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554
U.S. 570, 592, 171 L.Ed 2d 637, 128 S.Ct. 2783, declared “we find that they guarantee the individual right to possess and carry weapons in case of confrontation. This meaning is strongly confirmed by the historical background of the Second Amendment.” More importantly, Heller did not limit the right to bear arms. It specifically stated, “Second Amendment implicitly recognizes the pre-existence of the right and declares only that it ‘shall not be infringed.”’ The

Court reiterated, “Our opinion is, that any law, State or Federal, is repugnant to the Constitution, and void, which contravenes this right, originally belonging to our forefathers.” and

WHEREAS, in 2010, the United States Supreme Court in McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742, declared, “We, therefore, hold that the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Parke County, Indiana, as follows:

The right to keep and bear arms is a fundamental individual right that shall not be infringed; and all local, State, and Federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms, firearms accessories, and ammunition enacted or promulgated that violate that fundamental individual right are violative of the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States and Article I, Section 32 of the Indiana Constitution.

The individual right to keep and bear arms, being a fundamental personal right that predates the United States Constitution and Indiana Constitution, and being a constitutionally protected right in every part of Indiana encompasses the right of ownership, possession, purchase, other acquisition, transport, storage, carrying, sale, other transfer, manufacture, keeping, shooting and maintaining proficiency. We also find and declare that it is proper for law-abiding people to protect themselves, their families, and others from intruders and attackers without fear of prosecution or civil action for acting in defense of themselves or others. Except as expressly provided by the United States Constitution, Indiana Constitution, a person, without further license, permission, restriction, delay, or process, including by any ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or other action or any threat of citation, prosecution, or different legal process, may own, possess, purchase, acquire, transport, store, carry, sell, transfer, manufacture, or keep any firearm, part of a firearm, its components, its ammunition, including the right to shoot and maintaining proficiency. Any such license, permission, restriction, delay, or process that interferes with the fundamental individual right and any unduly act that inhibits law-abiding people from protecting themselves, their families, and others from intruders and attackers and other legitimate uses of constitutionally protected rights, including hunting and sporting activities, declares that any interference with such stated rights would be a violation of such Oath of Office, making such attempt null and void, and a breach of such Oath.

Any employee, including agents, contractors, appointees, or otherwise, within the jurisdiction of Parke County, Indiana, who violates this ordinance shall be dismissed, and neither sovereign nor official or qualified immunity shall be an affirmative defense.

This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect immediately upon passage.