IIron County, Utah is making a preemptive
strike against the Federal government’s attempts to infringe upon the
Second Amendment rights of its citizens. According to a press release, “Laws that violate 2nd Amendment are null and void and have no effect in Iron County, Utah.”
Today in Southwest Utah, the Iron County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously in passing an Iron County Second Amendment Protection Resolution. This is the second Resolution passed in the county, the first being the Cedar City Second Amendment Resolution passed by the City Council.
In that resolution, passed by Cedar City on February 13th,
2013, the Chief of Police is directed to support the resolution if the
federal government attempts to enforce federal gun laws.
The county Resolution makes it clear
that the county does not recognize any federal acts, laws, orders,
rules, executive orders, or regulations that violate the Second
Amendment of the US Constitution:
“NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Governing Board of Iron County, Utah the Iron County Board of Commissioners declares that any federal act, law, order, executive order, rule, or regulation regarding firearms that is a violation and infringement of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, passed by the Congress, and/or signed by the President, violating the true meaning and intent of the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States as given by the Founders and Ratifiers of the Constitution, is invalid in Iron County, shall not be recognized by Iron County, is specifically rejected by Iron County, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in Iron County.”
The county resolution goes further:
“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Iron County to take all measures as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of any federal acts, laws, orders, rules, or regulations in violation of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.”
In talking with Iron County Sheriff Mark
Gower, he said, “I will not allow anyone to come into this county and
violate the Constitution of the United States or Utah. If I have to
stand in the street and stop that from happening I would do it.” He
further said, “I have refused to sign any agreements or contracts with
Homeland Security or any other federal department and no one can come in
and preempt the local control of our law enforcement. I will never
give my command and control of the sheriff’s office to an outside
agency. The US Constitution will not be violated on my watch.”
The effect of the county government and
the largest city in the county both taking a stand on protecting the
Second Amendment represents a solid foundation in supporting the gun
rights of the citizens in the county. This provides a unified front
should there be any challenge to those rights.
At this time the Utah state government
is debating HR-114 and will hopefully, to some degree unknown at this
point, support the resolutions passed here in Iron County. If HR-114
passes with similar provisions to the Iron County provisions, then a
solid unified citizenry is what the people in Washington D.C. will see
on the issue of federal gun control. They will think twice about trying
to take away our guns or to abridge our Second Amendment rights.
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