Oconee on record in support of 2nd amendment

Oconee County on record in support of 2nd Amendment rights

Oconee County is now one of a growing list of counties on record supporting the 2nd Amendment and opposing any unconstitutional encroachment of the right to keep and bear arms. Cheers and clapping from some members of the audience met Tuesday’s unanimous passage Tuesday of a resolution supporting all constitutional rights but singling out the right to keep and bear arms in particular. “(The) the Oconee County Council (the “Council”) is concerned about the passage of any legislation or regulation which could be interpreted as unlawfully infringing on the rights of the citizens of Oconee County to keep and bear arms,” the resolution read in part, “and … the Council expresses its intent to stand as a Constitutional Rights Protected County for Second Amendment rights and to lawfully oppose any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict such rights, and to use such legal means at its disposal to protect the rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms. … Oconee County shall, within its powers, duties, and responsibilities, respect, protect, and defend the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Oconee County to lawfully keep and bear arms, and that it will oppose, within the limits of the Constitutions of the United States and the State of South Carolina, and all applicable and appropriate decisional and statutory law, any efforts to unconstitutionally restrict such rights.