While a number of states are currently considering legislation to nullify federal gun laws, rules, acts, orders and regulations, and various sheriffs around the country are issuing notice that they will not enforce any such federal laws, a new grassroots undercurrent could be building to support those efforts. Local governments nullifying unconstitutional federal acts.
Today, Beaufort County, North Carolina became the first in the country to do so. The board of commissioners passed a nullification resolution in support of the 2nd Amendment. The vote was unanimous. The resolution reads, in part:
The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners calls upon the Governor and General Assembly of the State of North Carolina to immediately pass an act to nullify the implementation within the State of North Carolina of any Federal law, executive order or regulations restricting the right to keep and bear arms
It continues, and makes clear that the County will play no supporting role to the federal government in attacks on the 2nd Amendment:
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the County Manager be directed to see that no county paid staff participate in nor allow any county resources be used in the implementation of any Federal law, executive order or executive directive that infringe on the right to keep and bear arms
Enthusiasm from the community was high. Representatives from the North Carolina Tenth Amendment Center reported that the “room was packed” to the point that the crowd was “overflowing out into the hall.” Two local tv stations were on hand to report as well.
All politics is local? Correction. All successful politics are local.
LEGISLATION AND TRACKING:
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The City of Creedmoor, Granville County adopted the resolution last night at it’s commissioners meeting, while the county would not at it’s meeting.
@weberdoc do you have a link to something on their site that can verify the full text of the resolution?
@Michael Boldin Sorry, small town, latest minutes online was Nov. 12.
One of our commissioners is a local Gun Smith/Dealer that is pissed that our good mayor joined the mayors protest on guns, so we got it on and passed.
So, there are now no gun free zones in Beaufort County? Will gun owners be able to carry in local government buildings? Will county employees be able to carry on the job? If not, then these commissioners are hypocrites.
@JimWiseman No, there is still a matter of “state” law, but I bet you already knew that.
@RamonNavaja @JimWiseman Local governments have to pass an ordinance and post notices in order to restrict handgun possession on local government property.
Awesome, yep that explains it, thax to all of you
God Bless these fine folks.
I would just like to say,AWESOME!!!!! Tina D. Revels
Way to go Beaufort County, North Carolina. Next, the State Legislature and the Governor need to pass a similar State-Wide Resolution. And be sure the Resolution has real teeth, such that state & county officers are empowered to repel illegal federal agents actions in this matter. Then other states join in. Obama has gone too far this time.
Let’s pass a real Sheriffs First and gun rights protection act to give these Sheriffs the explicit authority to arrest and detain federal agents confiscating weapons!
With respect to those who have been affected by guns. We need to emphasize to gun owners to be responsible for their guns. They should be in safe (hopefully) locked places where only the licensed gun owner can gain access. Think about what happened, a Mother took her grown son to a target range to try & bond with him. An adult male who has babysat her son was instructed by the mom to not turn his back on her son. Obviously she was scared of him. So why in the world would you but a gun in this kids hands and teach him??? Also, a kid who had mental issues, why didn’t she have them in a locked gun safe?? We’ll never have those answers because her own instructions helped her son kill her and those innocent children & teachers at the school that day. No law or regulation that is in effect today would change that situation. She was irresponsible period and she paid with her life. If you have guns make sure kids can’t have access to them. I haven’t heard any of the news media talking about gun safety and gun responsibility and keeping them locked and out of reach. Also something to think about and maybe you can correct me if I’m wrong….but wasn’t Fast & Furious a Govt hand out of Guns???? And those guns were used to kill people including a border patrol agent Mr. Terry??? Also those guns have been linked to shootings in Mexico of teens attending a birthday party??? So on one hand in one dept they’re handing out guns and yet in another dept they’re trying to stop ownership of guns that I think they were handing out???? I’d love to hear from others on this subject and maybe I can learn more………..Thanks for listening and if I have these facts mixed up please correct me…….Also why isn’t our News Media Covering the NEWS???? The Facts???? I don’t need to hear about the supposed girl friend of the ND player anymore………..ok!!!! Let’s have some real news for a change………unbiased…….Brian Williams!!!!!
@TerriC305 No, you are entirely correct, but the MSM and the political elites have a way of always “skirting” the obvious if it doesn’t fit their narrative. Funny, you’d think they’d be hounding Mr. Lanza and the “alleged” shooter’s brother, you know, the one they initially claimed to have been the “shooter”, but nary a peep nor a story from either. Odd, no? Beyond that, the chances of the MSM and the politicians laying blame at the feet of, the alleged first victim, Mrs. Lanza, are slim to none. It’s just easier to blame certain makes of firearms, which we now know were NOT found at the scene of this “alleged” shooting, than it would be to blame the shooter and/or anyone complicit in this “alleged” tragedy.
The only question left unanswered is, what ever happened to the individual running through the woods, dressed from head to toe in camo, and arrested at the scene?
False Flag much???
@TerriC305 If they want to pass a gun law that will protect everyone make everyone carry.
Way to go I’m signing up to be a gun dealer in my state you can to http://bc9d5-o22jik8t351i0iov-84r.hop.clickbank.net/?tid=FB
@RayFreeman you’re welcome to post links to things that are relevant in comments here. including what you linked to. but a “click here” is spammy and will be deleted.
@Barry Soetoro Marbury v. Madison was about EXPANDING the provisions of the Constitution, NOT restricting the rights laid out in it. History and the federal judiciary have constantly and continuously stated that the government has the right to RESTRICT provisions of the Constitution within permissible means (freedom of speech is an excellent example). An outright ban of guns would be unconstitutional, but mere restrictions may not. Context matters here.
@CJ017
The Second Amendment is to have sufficient arms and a Militia to protect from a tyrannical government. Context matters. [[ A woman who demands further gun control legislation is like a chicken who roots for Colonel Sanders.” ~Larry Elder ]][[ George Washingtons “Plan No. 2 for the Organization of the Militia” was communicated to the Senate, on the 21st of January 1790. This lengthy Plan was permeated with the proposition that it is the direct duty and responsibility of the people themselves to guard against tyranny from within government."]] [[ ”Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.” ~George Washington ]][[”The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed.” ~Alexander Hamilton]][[”The right of the people to keep and bear…arms shall not be infringed. A well regulated militia, composed of the body of the people, trained to arms, is the best and most natural defense of a free country…” ~James Madison]][[”The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to allow the subjected people to carry arms. History shows that all conquerors who have allowed their subjected peoples to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by so doing. Indeed, I would go so far as to say that the underdog is a sine qua non ["something essential" lit. "without which not"] for the overthrow of any sovereignty. So let’s not have any native militia or police.” ~Adolph Hitler]]
@CJ017 @Barry Soetoro How is “freedom of speech” an excellent example”? Freedom of speech CAN be restricted, but the First Amendment is absolute, as is the Second.
The First does not grant freedom of speech, it says “Congress shall make no law ….; or abridging the freedom of speech, Congress does NOT make the laws that says you can’t shout FIRE in a theater without a fire being present. Your local law-making organization does.
But in the second, there is no mention of Congress not making a law. It simply says. that the right “shall not be infringed”
@CJ017 @Barry Soetoro That is a flat out LIE. “Shall not be infringed.” says no to power grabs.
@Barry Soetoro Marbury v. Madison was about EXPANDING the provisions of the Constitution, NOT restricting the rights. History and the federal judiciary has constantly and continuously stated that the government has the right to RESTRICT provisions of the Constitution within permissible means. An outright ban of guns would be unconstitutional, but mere restrictions may not. Context matters.
Judging by the comments here, I dont suppose that anyone here has been informed by watching news reports that the Sandy Cook beast(any word to describe the most dispicable person imaginable will do) did not use an AR15 in the most cowardly and outrageous crime in memory. It is now confirmed that the rifle was left in the car and four handguns were found in the school as was reported by the witnesses. Was this fact hidden by most in the media? Why? Gun control liberals and our present government will go to great lengths to bolster their desire to ban any and all weapons. The ulterior motive as politicians is to distract the people from the ongoing finiancial robbery by our government of this nation that is leading to its destruction. The government does not want America to be focused on the out of control spending and the consequences this spending has for the present and future Americans. People need to remember that If the liberals do get their way only outlaws will have these weapons to wreak havoc on an unprotected population.
@RJT That’s an easy one. Much in the same way W’s Admin. was going to go into Iraq regardless of circumstance, starting their preparations in 2000, then using 9/11 as the excuse, King Obama’s Admin. has been writing anti-2A policy since before his 2008 election win, they are now using Newtown as their excuse.
@RJT
Only “ illegally ” obtained “hand guns” were used in the mass murder shootings in a ” gun free zone ” within a State that has an ” assault weapons ban” since 1993. So the public servants want to ban ” assault rifles ” and burden law abiding citizens with more gun laws to stop the ” criminals. ” (ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!??????????????)http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/12/22/240929/Connecticut-Already-Has-A-Ban-On.aspx
@Barry Soetoro @RJT Yeah, its more smoke and mirrors by a government wishful of having all the power. They have to get our guns to do that. But didn’t you hear? They simply want to protect us. Big brother knows whats best. We are too stupid to defend ourselves.
@RJT What about the 2 guys the cops chased into the woods? An eye witness said he saw one of them in the FRONT seat of a cop car afterwords, hhhhmmmmmmm.
@RJT an Ar15 was never used, it was in the trunk of his vehicle. It was confirmed that only 4 handguns were used.
@GeorgeMercado @RJT Again, no AR-15 was found anywhere on the premises save for those brought in by the LEO’s themselves. The “rifle” found in “his” vehicles trunk was a side charging handled weapon and I’ve yet to find ANY AR-15 or an AR variant with a side charging handle. At best it looked like a Ruger 10/22 or some similar styled weapon. Beyond that, the question still lingers as to whether the vehicle in question was even the shooters? I mean, how do the police wait to search a vehicle hours after the attack and then without wearing gloves to preserve the integrity of said crime scene? I’m no conspiracist, but something’s just not right with the “official” story.
Bravo! Bravo! NC is awesome!
Interesting! in that I believe the Civil War proved that THIS will not work!!
Scott, this has nothing to do with the Civil War, or the morality involved in fighting same. What it is, is solely a Constitutional issue. Read this and understand the difference.
This is NOT a “black/white” thang!
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, –That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.–Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.”
@Scott 29223 Can you explain it has nothing do do with the Civil War get it CIVIL WAR nothing to do with the Constitution. Some people are really stupid and should keep shut!
@Scott 29223 It wasn’t a “civil war” it was a “war of secession and the Northerners stole all sorts of stuff from free Americans. Don’t bother with the slave mime it is a lie, like many many things the violent oppressor call Lincoln did and said. If you could ask him today about blacks you may be surprised at what he would say.
God bless The Beaufort County Board of Commissioners for believing in the U.S. Constitution.
I believe that we have already had a conversation concerning State nullification of Federal Laws. I think it turned out rather poorly for North Carolina.
Governor Faubus of Arkansas forgot about that in ’58 (I think) and ordered National Guard Troops to enforce State Segregation Laws. President Eisenhower then gave members of the 101 Airborne an expense paid vacation in Little Rock.
Want to try that again?
@JimVanCise what you are implying is that the feds would mobilize against NC with military force…? never gonna happen here, Bud
@JimVanCise This isn’t an issue of discrimination, it is a Constitutional issue. Whole different ball of wax.
@JimVanCise There is a WHOLE LOT of VETERANS that would be Willing to try again but the next time the ODD’s will be Better! You sound like the Taliban JimVanCise. Veterans don’t like the Taliban. LOL!
@JimVanCise Did you know that the only places nullification has ever worked, have been in places that explicitly uphold and expand human rights? Virginia and Kentucky nullified the Alien and Section Acts. Wisconsin nullified the horrifying Fugitive Slave Act and ensured the survival of the Underground Railroad. The only time it EVER works, is in the defense and expansion of human and civil liberties. So why would false and unconstitutional attempts at nullification, which nobody is trying to repeat, be you target instead of the sort we ARE trying to repeat. Nullifying the Fugitive Slave Acts in Wisconsin, or nullifying the Alien and Sedition Acts in Virginia and Kentucky.
You insist on framing the debate as though our intent is to walk in and adopt failed models like the Civil War. Are you even aware when you repeat it that that is false? Our goal is to save America and to expand civil and human rights, by restoring the Constitutional order. You can help us or not, but if you don’t want to it’s OK. We get it. There aren’t many Americans left anymore who are big fans of human and civil liberty. We are, and we are proud of it.
I believe one day in America, everyone will be free who wants to be, and who accepts responsibility for themselves.
I believe one day we will remember that the only person an American citizen is supposed to answer to, is himself. (and maybe his wife)
Power, Mister VanCise, belongs with the people. We the People of the United States, to be specific under the American form of government called the Constitution. And there is our primary disagreement. You believe that power should be vested in a government, while Americans believe that power should be vested in the people.
@GlenBradley @JimVanCise AMEN!
proud to be NC!
What’s wrong with these people ???
Why don’t they trust their government ???
Everyone knows that our government would never do anything to hurt anyone in our country…..
Just ask any American Indian when you see one…..
I <3 NC
awesome!
Love it!
Wish California would do that!
@Hipcowboy420 HAHAHAHAHAHA
My brother lives in NC, I’m thinking maybe I should too! (instead of California)
@miboso If Only their Cannabis Laws were different.
@Hipcowboy420 @miboso go back to moms basement
@Reverend Ken @miboso I don’t Hide nowhere I’m Armed. You mite want to be the one HIDING Revern!
@miboso @Hipcowboy420 It’s a beautiful state, everyone is welcome, just mind your manners and stand up for yourself once you get there-here again soon.
@miboso @Hipcowboy420
Why,you would not leave the ever famous Fienstine
@HarryGeneHarris @miboso You mean Frankenstein!
The liberals don’t follow federal laws regarding illegals or pot. Touche’
thank you North Carolina whoot
I bet the majority of these individuals who would like to do away with our Constitution are the same who have benefitted from amendments to same. Nothing like looking a gift horse in the mouth you morons!
I hope we will see more of this happening around this great nation. We need more states to stand up against this destruction of our country from within.
I’m proud to say I am a Beaufort County native and still live here!
Why hate on Beaufort County! I am a proud citizen of this county.
no need to allow any Federal tax money to go that County
@dancoe simple enough, for every federal $ withheld from that county then you just withhold the same in tax revenue going to the federal gov.
@dancoe your an asshole…plain an simple
call names bitch
Reading through your posts and responses, I’d bet they withheld federal tax dollars from your education. Sorry about that…
@RamonNavaja yup, you got me noodles
@dancoe Sure, so long as you agree to stop funding unnecessary wars abroad, Obama phones, Israel’s defense, Libya, Sudan, armed security for the “elected” elite, Congress, etc. No chance that’s ever going to happen though. So, we will continue to allow for our American taxpayer dollars to continue to fund pro-Constitution legislatures across this once great nation.
agreed, de-fund illegal wars.
it is what they did in Louisiana when they kept their drinking age at 18, withheld road money, so there is a precedent, and would support a similiar method for this county.
@dancoe This is not as simple as a drinking age. This is the CONSTITUTION. The ideas this country and YOUR freedom have been based on. This isnt negotiable! The 2nd amendment is meant to keep the power within the PEOPLE.
2nd amendment says arms? Right?, my personal choice for home protection would be landmines, vx, and anthrax; but unfortunately we temper our 2nd amendment; and they don’t allow me to have these things, because these things can be dangerous, got no problem with regulating things that are dangerous, and I only hope that others will Follow the Law, and if not the government has instruments, such as withholding road money to areas that don’t comply, I’m all for it. And no, I’m not a liberal, I’m an American, who is sick of the gun cultists in this country, barking loud and calling names when there is a serious problem with guns in this country.
@dancoe What is the serious problem with guns in this country? In the forty plus years that I have owned guns not one of my guns has shot anyone. Is that because my guns are defective or, perhaps, that I am not defective? You need to look for the real cause of the problem. BTW, your personal choice for home protection seems pretty radical to me. I would think you would have a problem passing the background checks that I had to go through.
@dancoe Personally I think only military trained people should have assault weapons. They are the one who really deserve it because they would / did lay their lives on the line so you can shoot off at the mouth about anything. Not even the police deserve to have them if they are only civilian trained. I dont recall landmines and such being in the 2nd amendment.
@USN81NCARNG86 @dancoe Only the military and law enforcement have assault rifles. The rest of us have to make do with semi-automatics.
@dancoe Then we as a state will just stop paying taxes to a federal government that withholds road money & continue with our petition to secede from the Union !
@DavidAllred @USN81NCARNG86 @dancoe Him USN81CARNG86 being a Navy man like me you would think he would know the difference between a Assault Rifle and a semi-automatic.
@USN81NCARNG86 @dancoe All weapons are assault weapons a spoon could be used as an assault weapon. the term assault weapons is anything u can use to assault another person it isn’t limited to guns regardless or what the politicians and anti-gun people tell you
@rockk357 good luck with that, try reading a history book, might want to reconsider that one.
@DavidAllred Dave why don’t you go ask the grieving families in Aurora and Conneticut that one, I’m sure they can give you some good reasons why guns are a problem, just sayinn, come out from under your rock, my “personal choice for home protection” is a satirical exercise that makes light of the fact that there are “Arms” that we are not allowed to have, and are not some god-given right to have from a document that predates the invention of many of these goddamn things.
@MichaelBowyer @USN81NCARNG86 relativist argument, is kinda like saying anything can be a spoon, cause you could technically use just about anything to transfer food from a plate into your mouth, sounds great, come back to the real world,
@dancoe @DavidAllred Dancoe, I think that most reasonable people will acknowledge that the 2nd amendment predated the arms you mention, however, those arms cause indiscriminate mass destruction and most people are okay with regulations for those types of weapons (landmines/anthrax). Your argument on a document that predates the invention also applies the 1st amendment (free speech) and the medium that you are currently using to convey your opinion. Mass media broadcast networks were not invented then, so maybe we should start restricting how many viewers our networks can reach. I would venture to say that irresponsible reporting can inflict as much damage as a mentally ill person with a gun.
@dancoe You want a “landmine”, I can walk into Lowe’s and produce one for you. You want a “nerve agent”, the same materials can be purchased at your local ACE Hardware. Mustard Gas, yep! You speak of the “cult of guns”, but forget your own “cult of exaggeration” in making absolutely ridiculous comparisons between firearms and other weaponry. Even if they can be produced in your barn… As you were.
@USN81NCARNG86 “Assault Weapons” are already heavily restricted and regulated by the BATFE, Reagan saw to that, and the ones that are available are so heavily vetted and expensive to own as to be prohibitive to most. Beyond that, if you DID have the $$$ to purchase an “assault weapon” the FBI and BATFE would vet you so thoroughly that they would have to proclaim you a messiah as the process to become POTUS , Pope or King would be less intrusive.
@dancoe I’d love to, but it seems all the ones “grieving” are so busy “giggling” and “smiling” at news conferences that it’s hard to tell the charlatans apart from the mourners.
@MichaelBowyer @USN81NCARNG86 @dancoe You are about as STUPID as they come look it up DUMMY! Classifying a spoon as am Assault Weapon. LOL!
@dancoe
The name is David, my friends call me Dave. I have much empathy for the people directly affected by these heinous crimes. They were crimes and, as an inanimate object, they could not have been carried out by the gun/s without the intervention of a terribly disturbed person. Why don’t you put your passion and energy into solving the problem as opposed to lowering the body count?
@DavidAllred @dancoe It has nothing to do with “home protection” except to protect you and yours from tyrants like the usurper.
@Hipcowboy420 @MichaelBowyer @USN81NCARNG86 @dancoe I know guys who would show you how much a spoon can be an assault weapon and they will do it for a case of beer.
@Reverend Ken @DavidAllred usurper? You mean our democratically elected president? lol, turn off fox news
@dancoe Again, that was NOT a Constitutional issue, but you go ahead and keep attempting to make a correlation between the two.
@dancoe
They don’t sell their freedom
@dancoe I don’t think you are fully aware of what is going on at the moment.
@dancoe
screw the fed tax money… they get their money from local level, so dont send any and dont get any.
@dancoe You’re another one of those spineless assholes who denies being a liberal just to try and make people believe you… YOU’RE A LIBERAL we see it in your posts. We know you voted for obama..j
@DanLindberg call names bitch
Hallelujah!!! Sanity prevails in NC!
i hope it don’t come to that but dollar to a rolling dounghnut it will
Indeed, as obama gets bolder with this destruction of america and its constitution, he is lighting the fire of resistance, civil disobedience and most probably armed resistance. I hope that most americans would now be awake of the ENEMY FROM WITHIN, residing at the whitehouse.
@davepinoy
Please keep in mind that obama isn’t the only enemy from within. You must also deal with all the “bread and circus” types that all such tyrants lure into their service with “freebies”. We will have to deal with them as well.