This is was was presented and passed last night in League City and below that is the actual resolution that passed with a 7 to 1 vote.
My Notes For Public Statement on the 2nd Amendment Resolution 2/12/2013
by Elect Heidi Thiess on Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 10:17am ·
Communities across the country have to deal with this issue. It affects our schools, our neighborhoods, our police force, our city, and our county. Whether we want to deal with this issue locally or not, we already are.
We live in a constitutional and representative republic. We are the closest elected representatives our people have. It is our duty to speak.
Municipalities and counties across the country are already passing resolutions and ordinances protecting the second amendment. We may be the first in Texas, but by no means the last. I've already shared the resolution with a dozen towns and will send out even more after the vote tonight.
The Second Amendment is an inalienable right we are born with - it is not bestowed by the Constitution. It gives teeth to our Bill of Rights - protecting and upholding all the rest. It is not about having a right to hunt or shoot skeet, it's about self-defense, from the criminal element on our streets, the common thugs, AND the criminal element within our own government - who wish to be masters of a disarmed and helpless people. Make no mistake, that is what this is really about, control.
The gun control debate being waged in every level of government is not about controlling the inanimate objects of guns, but rather about controlling US. And there has never been a point in history where a disarmed people live under anything but the harshest tyranny.
It is our civic duty to act. Anything less is an abdication of our sworn oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Today is the day, because the federal government is acting fast and in concert with the entirety of our media to control the dialogue, the information, and the debate. We must be proactive, and take bold measures, while we can still pick the time and place and the extent of our resistance. If we wait until the feds overstep their bounds so egregiously, then it's already too late. Our police will be forced to stand alone against unconstitutional laws, and they deserve better from us than to stand alone and unprotected. They will have to make the hard choice under duress that we have the choice to make today: will they or won't they obey and enforce unconstitutional laws??
It costs us nothing to take a stand today. It take strength of will and purpose. League City has been known to have the highest number of CHLS per capita than any other city in Texas. Our citizens feel strongly about their rights, they WILL protect them, and this Resolution will protect us all. If we don't lead on this issue, others will. I can tell you we are not alone. So I encourage my fellow Council members to vote in affirmation of the Second Amendment today.
And here is the Resolution that passed:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
by Elect Heidi Thiess on Sunday, February 10, 2013 at 6:54pm ·
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-_______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS TO PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS; AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT
WHEREAS, a government of, by, and for the people has long been a cherished American value and the foundation of our freedom; and We The People's fundamental and inalienable right to self-govern, and thereby secure rights to life, liberty, property, and the pursuit of happiness is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and;
WHEREAS, the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "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."
WHEREAS, the Ninth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."
WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: "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;
WHEREAS, the Texas Constitution, Article 1 Section 23a declares: "Every citizen shall have the right to keep and bear arms in the lawful defense of himself or the State," and;
WHEREAS, the citizens of League City, Texas recognize their duty as law-abiding citizens to act in accordance with the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Constitution, and agree that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed upon by any government or organization, political or otherwise.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, TEXAS, as follows:
Section 1. The citizens representatives, City Council and Mayor of League City, Texas hereby call upon our state legislators and elected officials to join with us in the affirmation of the rights of our citizens under the 2nd Amendment.
Section 2. All federal acts, laws, executive orders, agency orders, and rules or regulations of all kinds with the purpose, intent, or effect of confiscating any firearm, banning any firearm, limiting the size of a magazine for any firearm, imposing any limit on the ammunition that may be purchased for any firearm, taxing any firearm or ammunition therefore, or requiring the registration of any firearm or ammunition therefore, infringes upon Texans’ right to bear arms in direct violation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and therefore, any such law is not made in pursuance of the Constitution, is not authorized by the Constitution, and thus, is not the supreme law of the land, and consequently, is invalid in the State of Texas and shall be further considered null and void and of no effect in this City.
Section 3. That all agencies of the City of League City are instructed to refuse requests or directives by federal agencies acting under unconstitutional powers enumerated in Section 2above that would infringe upon our residents’ second, ninth, and tenth amendment rights, or other inalienable rights not here explicitly enumerated; and
Section 4. The City of League City, State of Texas calls on other communities and jurisdictions to join with us in this action by passing similar Resolutions.
Section 5. That copies of this Resolution be immediately transmitted to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, each member of Congress from the State of Texas, the Honorable John Roberts, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; each justice on the United States Supreme Court; the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Texas legislature; each individual legislator that represents our district in the State of Texas; and the Sheriff of Galveston County.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the _______ day of February, 2013.
