MOTION by Trustee M. Christensen, seconded by Trustee C. Christensen to authorize Resolution No. 14-2013 In support of the second amendment and for the Repeal of the Safe Act 2013.
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 the defense of Life, Liberty and Property is regarded as an Inalienable Right by the People of the Village of Penn Yan, New York, and;
WHEREAS, the People of the Village of Penn Yan, New York, derive economic benefit from all safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting conducted within in Yates County using all types of firearms allowable under the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of New York, and;
WHEREAS, the Penn Yan Village Board of trustees, being elected to represent the People of the Village of Penn Yan 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, legislation passed by the New York Assembly and Senate infringes on the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and would ban the possession and use of firearms now employed by individual citizens of the Village of Penn Yan, for defense of Life, Liberty and Property and would ban the possession and use of firearms now employed for safe forms of firearms recreation, hunting and shooting conducted within Yates County, New York and the Village of Penn Yan being the County seat of Yates County;
WHEREAS, Trustees of the Village of Penn Yan believes there a many other less intrusive means available, other than rash, confusing, and inarticulately drafted firearms laws that would effectively, control, manage and reduce violence in our society, such as, mental health reforms, anti-bullying programs for schools, enforcement of existing firearms laws to the fullest extent possible, and proper psychological counseling for those in need;
NOW, THEREFORE IT BE AND IS HEREBY RESOLVED
that the Penn Yan Village Board of Trustees does hereby oppose the enactment of the Safe Act 2013 and calls for the repeal of said act. That said act would infringe upon the Right of the People to keep and bear arms and consider such laws to be unnecessary and beyond lawful legislative authority granted to our State representatives, as there is no documented correlation between fun control measures and crime reduction.
RESOLVED, that certified copies of this resolution be forwarded by the Clerk of this Board to Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senator Thomas O’Mara, Assemblyman Phil Palmesano, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Minority Leader Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb, Inter-County, Senator Charles Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Congressman Thomas Reed and to the New York Conference of Mayors.
ADOPTED
Ayes 5 Church, Allison, C. Christensen, M. Christensen, Reeve
Nays Stewart
Abstain 0
Absent Winslow