Beaufort Commissioners vote to ask state to nullify infringement of Second Amendment and to call for a constitutional convention | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This article originally appeared in the Beaufort Observer.

    The Beaufort County (N. C.) Board of Commissioners, meeting in special session January 18, 2013, adopted unanimously a resolution calling upon the N. C. General Assembly to take necessary measures to nullify any Federal action within the State that infringes on the Second Amendment's guarantee of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The resolution further directed the County Manager to insure that no county employees or resources were used in Federal actions that infringe on Second Amendment rights and called upon the Legislature to adopt necessary measures to call for, with the concurrence of two-thirds of the other states, the convening of a constitutional convention for the "specific purpose of amending the Unites States Constitution to strengthen the Second and Tenth Amendments…"
Just before the county commissioners meet to a packed room of folks concerned about the continuance of the U.S. Constitution and the 2nd Amendment of the Bill of Rights: Above.     photo by Diane Rufino
    The motion was made by Commissioner Hood Richardson and seconded Commissioner Stan Deatherage and it was adopted with Vice Chairman Al Klemm and Commissioner Gary Brinn voting for adoption. Each commissioner made a brief statement of why they supported the resolution as can be heard in the video below. Three commissioners, all Democrats, were absent: Jerry Langley, Ed Booth, and Robert Belcher.

    The action took place before an overflow crowd of citizens most of whom appeared to be in support of the action.

    You can watch the entire meeting in the 16 minute video below:



    Click here to download a copy of the draft resolution which was distributed before the meeting and adopted as distributed.

    Check back later for further reports on the reaction to today's action.

    To read Commissioner Deatherage's statement on the serious nature of these issues that the county commission did consider, this day, click here.

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