Commissioners hear from citizen wanting further support of Second Amendment in county | Huron County View – Browncitybanner

BAD AXE Last month, the Huron County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution acknowledging its support of the Second Amendment.

While more of a symbolic action affirming the citizens of Huron County have the right to bear arms, the resolution also cautions against any future legislation at both the state and federal levels that may potentially infringe on that right.

At this months meeting, the board heard from one resident that would like to see the county take further action by specifically addressing the countys position on what are known as red flag laws.

Red flag laws are laws allowing courts to prevent people who show signs of being a danger to themselves or to others from having access to firearms (as by ordering the seizure of weapons).

Today we have legislation disguised as laws that would make our land a safer place, they call these red flag laws, said Bad Axe resident Wendy Smith, reading from a letter she sent to each Huron County Commissioner for review. These laws do absolutely nothing to address the real problem that exists, which is mental health.

In almost every case where a gun has been used to commit a homicide, the person was found to be mentally unstable, a felon committing another felony or some else that, under our current laws, has no legal way to obtain a firearm. And yet each of these still do obtain a firearm. Another law on top of the other useless laws will not make Michigan or Huron County a safer place to live.

Smith said she circulated a petition throughout the county over the last month and collected a total of 1,465 signatures from other Huron County residents that vow to protect the Second Amendment.

The Second Amendment is the only right that has been under attack for the last 20 years, the letter states. Its the only inalienable right that has been attacked without opposition. Twenty years of gun control legislation has infringed on our Second Amendment rights. It has eroded the true meaning of the rights our forefathers give us.

Smith went on to ask that commissioners pass another resolution that will allow the right of the countys law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms.

Pass a resolution that clearly upholds the Second Amendment in its entirety, she said in the letter. And lastly pass a resolution that shows your solidarity with the people with whom you were elected to serve.

Smith also obtained a letter of support of her cause from Huron County Prosecuting Attorney Timothy J. Rutkowski, which she also read to commissioners.

I strongly support the U.S. Constitution and all the amendments, including the Second Amendment, Rutkowski said in his letter. We must be true to our oaths of office and stand up in support of these rights for the residents of Huron County, Michigan and the United States. We must have the stamina, the courage, the creativity even on a local level to do what it takes to resist these efforts to strip of our rights, including our rights to bear arms.

Following Smiths presentation, Chairman Sami Khoury said he received an additional six or seven pages of signatures in support of the initiative.

Commissioner John Bodis suggested the countys corporation council and Safety Commission review the resolution, prior to it being presented at the following commissioners meeting. It was then forwarded on to the Safety Commission for review.

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