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We have 'Sanctuary Cities' all over the nation where officials very vigorously DEFY enforcement of federal immigration laws, and actively thwart the efforts of any Federal Law Enforcement attempting to do so in their jurisdiction. I don't agree with what they are doing, but the tactic IS successful, and while there is no portion of the Bill of Rights or Constitution that recognizes any 'right' of immigrants to bypass the legal process, there clearly IS a portion of the Bill of Rights that recognizes (not 'grants') the fundamental, inalienable, right of citizens to keep and bear arms, with the clear inference that said 'arms' are to be of the type most suitable for 'militia' purposes. 20th Century law added the language that added 'sporting purposes' to the criteria.
So although it should not be necessary to declare any city, county, or state a 'sanctuary' for the Second Amendment, if there are factions at the federal level attempting to subvert the Constitution, I can see no reason a city, county, or state should not push back against such subversion by making it clear (via legislation) that they do indeed recognize the Second Amendment. It would be the same if the federal government were to attempt to ban Baptist Churches, or Korans, or prohibit Jews from using public transportation. Any of those would be unconstitutional, and grounds for a locality to resist such incursion.
At the county level should be easy to start in SOME counties - https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-county-votes-to-label-itself-a-gun-sanctuary/
But even better if you can get pressure to do it at the STATE level - https://thetexan.news/governor-abbott-says-texas-should-be-a-second-amendment-sanctuary/
Here are a couple 'model legislation' to try to persuade YOUR legislators to submit or back.
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB00112I.pdf#navpanes=0
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB00919I.pdf#navpanes=0
More articles on state legislation:
https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2010/HB0095
https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2020/HB0118
https://www.krmsradio.com/second-amendment-preservation-act-filed-again-in-jefferson-city/
https://trib.com/news/state-and-reg...cle_90ab18c4-f92f-5d40-8471-e446db224cd7.html
Many of these bills are only part-way through the legislative process, but at least serve as examples of what can be initiated.
This is important to act on NOW. Many legislatures only have narrow time-windows to initiate bills, so we need to be on this ASAP...!!!
Some resources:
Find and Contact your legislators: https://gunownersaction.org/legislator-lookup/
(...I recommend writing your OWN letters versus any 'canned' ones from GOA or any other organization; it gets more attention, and 'counts' more on the receiving end. Send an email, a fax, and/or paper letter every week or so; if even 10% of gun owners contacted their legislator once a month, they would be getting a hundred thousand letters each at the federal level - THAT would get their attention, and they WOULD respond...)
Factual articles on 'gun control': https://guncite.com
'Guns and Public Health' - have your physician read Section XIII, and then explain to you why (s)he isn't ACTIVELY opposing 'gun control': https://guncite.com/journals/tennmed.html
( any physician who fails to oppose most ‘gun control’ as we see proposed, is clearly NOT upholding their duty to further the Public Health; only through ignorance would a physician naively support such dangerous and counterproductive things as ‘assault-weapon’ bans, gun registration, or even ‘universal background checks’. Unfortunately, to understand why a seemingly-innocent ‘common-sense’ thing like that is actually dangerous, requires a level of objectivity and true motivation most physicians lack; if you print the Kates article and highlight section XIII, and give it to them, you can correct their naive ignorance. The rest depends on whether they are more interested in actually promoting safe streets and a stable society, or merely virtue-signaling to their peers. )
P.S. I would add that GOA's prioritization of saving the filibuster makes some sense - https://www.gunowners.org/na01232021/
We have 'Sanctuary Cities' all over the nation where officials very vigorously DEFY enforcement of federal immigration laws, and actively thwart the efforts of any Federal Law Enforcement attempting to do so in their jurisdiction. I don't agree with what they are doing, but the tactic IS successful, and while there is no portion of the Bill of Rights or Constitution that recognizes any 'right' of immigrants to bypass the legal process, there clearly IS a portion of the Bill of Rights that recognizes (not 'grants') the fundamental, inalienable, right of citizens to keep and bear arms, with the clear inference that said 'arms' are to be of the type most suitable for 'militia' purposes. 20th Century law added the language that added 'sporting purposes' to the criteria.
So although it should not be necessary to declare any city, county, or state a 'sanctuary' for the Second Amendment, if there are factions at the federal level attempting to subvert the Constitution, I can see no reason a city, county, or state should not push back against such subversion by making it clear (via legislation) that they do indeed recognize the Second Amendment. It would be the same if the federal government were to attempt to ban Baptist Churches, or Korans, or prohibit Jews from using public transportation. Any of those would be unconstitutional, and grounds for a locality to resist such incursion.
At the county level should be easy to start in SOME counties - https://www.courthousenews.com/texas-county-votes-to-label-itself-a-gun-sanctuary/
But even better if you can get pressure to do it at the STATE level - https://thetexan.news/governor-abbott-says-texas-should-be-a-second-amendment-sanctuary/
Here are a couple 'model legislation' to try to persuade YOUR legislators to submit or back.
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB00112I.pdf#navpanes=0
https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB00919I.pdf#navpanes=0
More articles on state legislation:
https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2010/HB0095
https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2020/HB0118
https://www.krmsradio.com/second-amendment-preservation-act-filed-again-in-jefferson-city/
https://trib.com/news/state-and-reg...cle_90ab18c4-f92f-5d40-8471-e446db224cd7.html
Many of these bills are only part-way through the legislative process, but at least serve as examples of what can be initiated.
This is important to act on NOW. Many legislatures only have narrow time-windows to initiate bills, so we need to be on this ASAP...!!!
Some resources:
Find and Contact your legislators: https://gunownersaction.org/legislator-lookup/
(...I recommend writing your OWN letters versus any 'canned' ones from GOA or any other organization; it gets more attention, and 'counts' more on the receiving end. Send an email, a fax, and/or paper letter every week or so; if even 10% of gun owners contacted their legislator once a month, they would be getting a hundred thousand letters each at the federal level - THAT would get their attention, and they WOULD respond...)
Factual articles on 'gun control': https://guncite.com
'Guns and Public Health' - have your physician read Section XIII, and then explain to you why (s)he isn't ACTIVELY opposing 'gun control': https://guncite.com/journals/tennmed.html
( any physician who fails to oppose most ‘gun control’ as we see proposed, is clearly NOT upholding their duty to further the Public Health; only through ignorance would a physician naively support such dangerous and counterproductive things as ‘assault-weapon’ bans, gun registration, or even ‘universal background checks’. Unfortunately, to understand why a seemingly-innocent ‘common-sense’ thing like that is actually dangerous, requires a level of objectivity and true motivation most physicians lack; if you print the Kates article and highlight section XIII, and give it to them, you can correct their naive ignorance. The rest depends on whether they are more interested in actually promoting safe streets and a stable society, or merely virtue-signaling to their peers. )
P.S. I would add that GOA's prioritization of saving the filibuster makes some sense - https://www.gunowners.org/na01232021/
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