On February 18th, 2020 the Lamar County, Georgia Board of Commissioners passed a resolution “TO DECLARE LAMAR COUNTY, GEORGIA TO BE A “SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY”. You can read the text of the resolution below in the attached image or in the included full text.

Verification Citation/Source: Lamar County Board of Commissioners
Resolution date passed: 18 Feb 2020
Signers: Charles Glass, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners

RESOLUTION 2020-03

TO DECLARE LAMAR COUNTY, GEORGIA TO BE A “SECOND AMENDMENT SANCTUARY COUNTY”

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Lamar County being elected to represent the People of Lamar County and being duly sworn by oath to uphold the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Georgia, and;

WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed,” and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed an individual’s right to possess firearms, unconnected with service in the militia, for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self ­ defense within the home (District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) ), and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the right of an individual to “keep and bear arms,” is protected under the Second Amendment and is incorporated by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment against the states (McDonald v. Chicago (2010)), and;

WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has affirmed that the federal government of the United States cannot compel state /aw enforcement officers to enforce federal laws (Prinz v. United States (1997)), and;

WHEREAS, Article I, Section I, Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia, entitled “Arms, right to keep and bear,” provides that, “[t]he right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed, but the General Assembly shall have power to prescribe the manner in which arms may be borne,” and;

WHEREAS, O.C.G.A § 1 -2-6 (a )(9) lists the right to keep and bear arms among the rights of the citizens of the State of Georgia that are without limitation, and;

WHEREAS, all federal acts, laws, orders, rules or regulations regarding firearms, firearms, accessories, and ammunition, other than those previously affirmed by the courts, are a violation of the Second Amendment and Article, I, Section I, Paragraph VIII of the Constitution of the State of Georgia and are contrary to the original intent of those provisions, and;

WHEREAS, the citizens of Lamar County regard the right of people to keep and bear arms for defense of life, liberty and property as an inalienable right of the people, and;

WHEREAS, the citizens of Lamar County derive economic and social benefit from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting conducted within Lamar County, and;

WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Lamar County Board of Commissioners to declare its support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and to the provisions of the Constitution of the State of Georgia that protect Lamar County Citizens’ individual, inalienable rights to keep and bear arms.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Lamar County Board of Commissioners, duly assembled this 18th day of February, 2020 that Lamar County be, and hereby is, declared to be a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County.”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lamar County Board of Commissioners affirms its support for the Lamar County Sheriff in the exercise of his sound discretion to not enforce against any citizen an unconstitutional firearms law.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lamar County Board of Commissioners will not authorize or appropriate funds, resources, employees, agencies, contractors, buildings, detention centers or offices for the purpose of enforcing or assisting in the enforcement of any element of any acts, laws, orders, mandates, rules or regulations that infringe on the right by the people to keep and bear arms, and;

Adopted this 18th day of February 2020.

The above Resolution was adopted by the Lamar County Board of Commissioners on this 18th day of February 2020.

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