By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
The Caldwell County Commissioners passed a 'Second Amendment Preservation Resolution' on Wednesday as the Biden administration considers expanded gun control measures.
Presiding Caldwell County Commissioner Bud Motsinger says his county's resolution is a reinforcement of Missouri House Bill 85 and Missouri Senate Bill 39 - also known as the 'Second Amendment Preservation Act.'
"It's just expressing our support for the second amendment and for the House bill and the Senate Bill that is being considered right now (at the state level)," Motsinger said.
This resolution comes just two days after 10 people were killed in a shooting at a King's Supermarket in Boulder, Colorado and about a week after eight people were gunned down at Atlanta-area massage parlors.
In late-January and early February, Missouri legislators proposed the 'Second Amendment Preservation Act.' SB 39 declares, "...it is the duty of the courts and law enforcement agencies to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms."
With the Biden White House ramping up talks of gun control after the mass shooting in Boulder, Motsinger says he heard from constituents who wanted the county commissioners to take a stance in defense of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Consitution.
"We had been encouraged by several of our constituents in Caldwell County," Motsinger said. "They felt like we should have something in place to state that this is what our belief is in Caldwell County. That the state should have the supreme power of the federal government when it comes to regulating the second amendment."
Motsinger says DeKalb and several other counties across the state have drafted similar resolutions in recent days.
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