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Houghton County commissioners will take a month to consider the ramifications of the proposed Second Amendment Sanctuary resolution they heard comments on last night.
The commission meeting was moved to the circuit courtroom, where an overflow crowd offered opinions for and against the statement.
If passed, the proposal would order Houghton County law enforcement and court officers to offer no assistance to enforcement of any gun law deemed in violation of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The resolution does not specify whose opinion would be relied upon to establish the basis for such action.
Dozens of citizens spoke on both sides of the issue… including this teacher, who said she supports basic gun ownership rights, and has a concealed carry permit.
Gun proponent Matthew Wright disagreed.
Several commissioners who expressed support for Second Amendment rights were still concerned about the resolution’s directive that county employees and elected officials defy laws.
Commissioner Glen Anderson.
Commissioner and former Houghton County undersheriff Roy Britz.
Commission chair Al Koskela.
Koskela also admitted that the board hasn’t considered ramifications from the Trump administration’s legal actions against jurisdictions that assume such scofflaw positions.
Commissioners decided to take a month to review the resolution language, with the possibility that it be rewritten to state a position supporting Second Amendment rights, without putting employees and potential federal funding at risk.
