A RESOLUTION TO DECLARE UNION COUNTY, GEORGIA TO BE A

“SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY”

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Union County, Georgia being elected

to represent the People of Union County, Georgia and being duly sworn by oath to uphold

the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and;

WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows:

“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,” and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed an individual’s right to possess

firearms, unconnected with service in the militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-

defense within the home (District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)), and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the right of an individual to

“keep and bear arms,” is protected under the Second Amendment and is incorporated by the Due

Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states (McDonald v. Chicago (2010)),

and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the federal government of the

United States cannot compel state law enforcement officers to enforce federal laws (Prinz v.

United States (1997)), and;

WHEREAS, Article I, Section I, Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia,

entitled “Arms, right to keep and bear,” provides that, “[t]he right of the people to keep and bear

arms shall not be infringed, but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner

in which arms may be borne,” and;

WHEREAS, O.C.G.A § 1-2-6 (a)(9) lists the right to keep and bear arms among the rights of the

citizens of the State of Georgia that are without limitation, and;

WHEREAS, all federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms, firearms

accessories, and ammunition are a violation of the Second Amendment and Article I, Section I,

Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and are contrary to the original intent

of those provisions, and;

WHEREAS, the citizens of Union County, Georgia regard the right of people to keep and

bear arms for defense of life, liberty and property as an inalienable right of the people, and;

WHEREAS, the citizens of Union County, Georgia derive economic and social benefit

from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting conducted within Union

County, and;

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Union County Board of Commissioners to declare its

support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and to the provisions of the

Constitution of the State of Georgia that protect Union County Citizens’ individual,

inalienable rights to keep and bear arms.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Union County Board of

Commissioners, duly assembled this _____day of February, 2020 that Union County be, and

hereby is, declared to be a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County.”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Union County Board of Commissioners affirms

its support for the Union County Sheriff in the exercise of his sound discretion to not

enforce against any citizen an unconstitutional firearms law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that no agent, employee or official of Union County, or

any corporation providing services to Union County, shall provide material support or

participate in any way with the implementation of federal acts, orders, rules, laws or regulations

in violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Union County Board of Commissioners will not

authorize or appropriate funds, resources, employees, agencies, contractors, buildings, detention

centers or offices for the purpose of enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of any element of

any acts, laws, orders, mandates, rules or regulations that infringe on the right by the people to

keep and bear arms, and;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all federal acts, laws, orders, rules, regulations that

violate the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States or Article I, Section I,

Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, violate the true meaning and intent of

those constitutions and are hereby declared to be invalid and are specifically rejected in

Union County, Georgia and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in Union

County, Georgia.