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RESOLUTION DECLARING COUNTY A SECOND
AMENDMENT SANCTUARY

 
   
 
     
 

Whereas, the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of our nation, and

 
 

the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be
infringed?, and

    

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The Second Amendment to the Constitution states well-regulated militia being necessary to 
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The U. 5. Supreme Court found in Miranda v. Arizona (1966) that ?Where rights secured by the 
Constitution are involved, there can be no rule making or legislation which would abrogate 3;
them?, and 

      
      
      
        
    

The U. 5. Supreme Court in the Districtof Columbia v. Heller (2008) decision affirmed that the 
?1 Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is not connected in any way to service in a 
3 militia, and 

j} The U. 5. Supreme Court in United States v. Miller(1939) stated that firearms are part of 
3' ordinary military equipment with use that could contribute to the common defense are 

'3 protected by the Second Amendment, and 
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution states "No State shall make or enforce any law 
which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any
it State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law; nor deny 
. to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protectidn of the and 



 
 

The U. 5. Supreme Court in the McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010) decision affirmed that a -
person?s Second Amendment rightsito ?keep and bear arms? is further secured by the ?due 
process? and the ?privileges and immunities? clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. The 33
ii! decision also protects rights closely related to the Second Amendment, namely the right to 
manufacture, transfer, purchase, and sell firearms, accessories, and ammunition, and 33

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The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution states ?The powers not delegated to the United -
States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States

respectively, or to the people?, and

 
   
   
   
 

The U. S. Supreme Court found in Printz v. United States (1997) that the Federal government 
3 cannot compel law enforcement officers of the States to enforce federal laws as it would 3
if increase the power of the Federal government far beyond that which the Constitution intends, 3

 
  

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The Texas Constitution, Article 1, Section 23 states ?Every citizen shall have the right to keep
and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State?, and

 
  

  

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Due to dual sovereignty structure of the Constitution, the Federal government has no authority
to enforce State laws and the States cannot be compelled to enforce federal laws, and

 
 
  

The last protectors of the U.S. Constitution are the County Sheriffs and ?We the People of the
1, United States of America? and our ability to fulfill that role successfully rests on our Second 2
Amendment rights. 

    
 

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Therefore, Be it Resolved, the people of Presidio County, through their duly elected 
Commissioners Court, Judge and Sheriff, hereby designate Presidio County a Second 

    
 

Amendment Sanctuary in order to preserve for the PeOple of, on, and in Presidio County, their
rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America, furthermore

    
 
    
 

Any regulation that violates the Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the United States of America
by the People of Presidio County to be unconstitutional, and therefore by necessity, if
unenforceable and valid, furthermore 

  
 

We, the People of Presidio County, Texas, through this resolution hereby declare our rights, our
freedom and our liberty as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United Stated of America.

Signed and reed and 
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Presidio Coun ?nderela Guevara

    
   
 
    
 

 
 
 
 
  

  

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