Town of Laurens resolution opposing NY SAFE Act

WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms is guaranteed as an Individual Right under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and under the Constitution of the State of New York, and;

WHEREAS, the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms for defense of Life, Liberty, and Property is regarded as an Inalienable Right by the People of the Town of Laurens, New York, and:

WHEREAS, the People of the Town of Laurens, New York, derive economic benefit and recreation from all safe forms of firearms conducted within the Town of Laurens using all types of firearms allowable under the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;

WHEREAS, the Town of Laurens Board, being elected to represent the People of the Town of Laurens and being duly sworn by their Oath of Office to uphold the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;

WHEREAS, the New York Assembly and the New York Senate, being elected by the People of the State of New York and being duly sworn by their Oath of Office to uphold the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;

WHEREAS, the Safe Act was passed by the New York State Senate and Assembly and signed by the Governor of the State of New York without sufficient public input and without a sufficiently deliberative legislative process the Town of Laurens hereby calls for the repeal of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 and demands that the New York State Assembly, Senate and Governor enact laws henceforth after sufficient public input and a deliberative legislative process

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT AND HEREBY RESOLVED that the Town of Laurens’s Town Board, hereby calls for the repeal of the New York Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act of 2013 and declares that such legislation infringes upon the Right of the People to keep and bear arms, thereby considers such an act an over reach of legislative authority and is unconstitutional.