Washington Borough Council should take a stand on our Second Amendment rights | Letter – lehighvalleylive.com

Mayor David Higgins of Washington Borough should consider all viewpoints and add a proposed Second Amendment sanctuary resolution to the borough council agenda. The 2A sanctuary does not encourage lawlessness; it sends a message to the governor of New Jersey that we have a constitutional right to bear arms.

The Murphy administration is simply pandering to the governors base. No matter how insignificant some may believe this is, it is not. The more towns and counties send this message to Murphy, the more he must listen.

New gun restrictions passed last year blatantly disregard the constitutional rights of the citizens of New Jersey. How can we, as a borough, let the governor know he is going down the wrong path by criminalizing, restricting and adding burdensome regulations on taxpayers, when our own mayor wont even consider it?

Furthermore, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled (District of Columbia V. Heller, 2008) that the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to have arms. In another case (McDonald V. City of Chicago, 2010), it was held that the 14th Amendment protects against the states infringement on that right.

I hope Higgins understands that many voting taxpayers of Washington Borough are not happy that we are not even allowed to give this simple message to the Murphy administration and our state legislators. They need to know that they are, in fact, infringing on our Second Amendment rights, whether they admit it or not.

Joan Kearney

Washington

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