By Duncan Smith
One southwest county in Missouri has a message for Joe Biden and his Democrat gun grabbers: ‘Don’t try that s**t here.’
The Newton County Commission passed an ordinance Feb. 3 that both blocks the implementation of unconstitutional federal gun control laws but also makes it a crime to try to enforce them.
“This is our recourse,” Daniel Horowitz writes at The Blaze.
He explains:
What is our recourse when our own government criminalizes our most basic rights while it allows Black Lives Matter and Antifa to rampage through our streets with impunity? Is there no Plan B when the federal or state governments treat all conservatives like terrorists, business owners like pariahs, and those who yearn to breathe unmasked air like murderers? Well, one Missouri county is demonstrating the importance of sheriffs and county officials returning to self-government and interposing between the governmental usurpers and the most sacred rights of the people.
On Feb. 3, the Newton County, Missouri, Commission passed a bill that will not only block federal enforcement of unconstitutional gun policies, but criminalize their implantation thereof within the jurisdiction of the county. The “Second Amendment Preservation Act of Newton County Missouri” declares that “all federal acts, laws, orders, rules, and regulations passed by the federal government and specifically any Presidential Administration whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people’s right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution and Article I, Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in the county.” …
The Newton ordinance was signed by commissioners Bill Reiboldt, Alan Cook, and David Osborn on Feb. 3 and is effective immediately.
The relevant section of the Missouri Constitution says: “That the right of every citizen to keep and bear arms, ammunition, and accessories typical to the normal function of such arms, in defense of his home, person, family and property, or when lawfully summoned in aid of the civil power, shall not be questioned. The rights guaranteed by this section shall be unalienable. Any restriction on these rights shall be subject to strict scrutiny and the state of Missouri shall be obligated to uphold these rights and shall under no circumstances decline to protect against their infringement.”
“Specifically, the ordinance targets federal policies that order the tracking or registering of firearms of ammunition, an idea that Democrats have been floating recently. It also bars the enforcement of any effort to confiscate guns except from those who are ‘suspected criminals,'” Horowitz notes.
He also points out that the Newton County ordinance is the latest stand taken by patriots around the country who have formed so-called “Second Amendment sanctuaries” along the lines of the Democratic left’s “sanctuary cities,” enclaves where local and state officials have vowed to not allow federal enforcement of immigration laws.
Horowitz further notes:
Specifically, section 4a of the Newton County ordinance grants the sheriff’s department “full authority to make an arrest of any and all federal agents that violate state laws and enforce regulations” that violate the Second Amendment. Finally, the ordinance bars anyone “who enforces or attempts to enforce any of the infringements identified in this ordinance” from “being hired as a law enforcement officer or to supervise law enforcement officers in the county.”
“It is to be hoped that this will spawn a debate in the country over what citizens should do when the higher levels of government violate the very essence of the social compact by wielding one executive power after another to confiscate the most foundational of natural rights, including self-defense, free speech, property rights, and the right to breathe free air unrestrained, which absolutely is a natural right that predated any government,” he adds.
Frankly, the debate is over: Democrats, as usual, have overplayed their hand and their authorities and are now creating the backlash that needs to happen.
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Thank you,Newton County Commission.
Tom from The Bronx.
I live in Newton County. Most carry and we are proud of our commissioners. Come visit.
we need more states to abide by this type of policy, fantastic idea
I think the entire State of Florida has done something similar.
Sheriffs have the ability to uphold the Constitution whereas some police departments do not have the freedom to do so.
watch out for george soros supported sherrif candidates. any dem would be a non starter. that is one way the left will try to do gun confiscation
At this point, any and all who do not sign a pledge to uphold the constitutional rights must be rejected by the voters. Purity tests, no more RINOs or Blue Democrats. Only patriots. Especially Sherrifs.
I would literally shoot any Soros backed Sherriff if they tried.
All states and counties , take note and follow !
Our county Sheriff’s are our best defense of 2A.
God bless America! Thank you Newton County Commision. This should be passed in all states.
There are 50 sovereign states that comprise the United States of America. Each state is different, with its own Constitution.
In our Declaration of Independence, it states that we not only have the right, but the duty, to alter or abolish a destructive form government.
The question is do each individual states have the will and the fortitude to do so or have they become so dependent on the largesse from the federal bureaucracy that is our centralized government in Washington D.C.?
It’s a very positive sign that some local governments are following this course. It may take more than that unfortunately. If, for example, Sheila Jackson Lee’s gun control legislation were to make it through the Senate, there would need to be massive non-compliance on Constitutional grounds by individual citizens. Some innocent people would probably become what are essentially political prisoners before enough others raised their voices. We are likely going to see some ugly times.
They are likely going after the financing of gun manufacturing, as well.
I read that Marlin was bought by a Soros owned company and closed down.
Holy Moly
There is a State bill to do the same thing. This is how we resist and even restore the Republic
US President A. Lincoln effectively destroyed the rights of States written in the US Constitution. He transformed America to a UNITARY state, not the freewill confederation of states as the US Constitution still describes it. That’s what’s going on.
Yes. And remember, Lincoln was a republican.
Absolutely, 160 years ago when republicans were liberal.
Now, not so much.
Well it’s more complicated than that, with regard to human rights the constitution lays out some pretty clear definitions of human freedoms. The states can’t over rule the definition of a human. The courts of course have done so with abortion..which is why we must fight them on this point endlessly. Their was never an amendment authorizing slavery or states to maintain their own definition of humanity and this human rights. The constitution covered all men. The second amendment is clear and admonishes any infringement on the right to possess arms. The question is do we want children or those… Read more »
Yes, and when violated it gives us license to use the Castle Doctrine and use deadly force again the Feds if they dare violate it! LOCK AND LOAD!! GOD I hate the effen Feds!
And we have LOTS of secluded spots in rural Missouri where we can dump the bodies of Fed nazis and Democrats!
We here in fly over Missouri will not be intimidated by fear or threat of living in a socialist/communist country. America First! Stand with us patriots!
Wait until 10,000 Guatamalen immigrants are landed in your state and given a vote by your Democrat Congresspeople and RINOs. First vote will be free housing healthcare and education followed by no guns and no police. So you better chase out those damn Democrats and RINOs or fave the reality even Missouri can become a blue state.
Real Constitutional Patriots.
Bout TIME!
Finally some sane people in government. All gun control “laws” are unconstitutional. The 1968 gun “law” was patterned after the Nazi gun control laws that disarmed anyone deemed a threat to the Nazis. Well, sort of what we see here and now by the democrat party.
we’ve bushwhacked feds before and we’ll do it again
Thank you to Newton County. We need every red county nationwide to follow suit. Same with illegal search and seizure by Government and Banks. The constitution is the law of the land forever.
If I didn’t live in Texas, I’d move there.
While I applaud this development, I must note that the federal government’s lever over firearms is more extensive than any “law” criminalizing any aspect of firearms ownership. Consider the multi-stage chain that leads from firearms production to firearm acquisition. Washington has many points at which to exert control; Operation Choke Point, which addressed financing, illustrated one. There is much work to be done to remove the federal government’s interfering hand from the right to keep and bear arms.
“Make the phone calls, send the emails, show up. You know, there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives.”
Awesome positioning!
the highest law enforcement agent anywhere in America is the local County Sheriff
Time for the states to join the convention of states to resist unconstitutional federal tyranny !!!!
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Exactly right! For just how many years have these “sanctuary cities” defied Federal law - with criminal activity as the upshot. Nothing is ever done to them and they continue to aid and abet criminals.
OK Gov. Abbott, Let’s hear from you
That’s my county !
It’s about time. Our government’s unrelenting willingness to disarm the population will continue to plague us until we push back.