Adopted at County Convention, March 20, 2009:

Affirming the Rights of the Citizens of North Carolina to Keep and Bear Arms and Protecting the

WHEREAS, the Second Amendment actively prohibits the Federal Government from

infringing upon the people's right to bear arms, and

WHEREAS, the Federalist Papers (specifically Madison #46 and Hamilton #29) as well as

the history of the ratification of the Second Amendment reveals that the right to bear

arms was intended as a hedge against Federal Government tyranny, and

WHEREAS, a right specifically enumerated as a hedge against the potential tyranny of the

Federal Government ought to be subject neither to the definition by, nor to the legislation

of the Federal Government, and

WHEREAS, the presiding officers of the Executive Branch have clearly and openly stated

their intent to reimpose the ban on semiautomatic rifles under the misnamed "Assault

Weapons Ban," and further to make this ban permanent, and

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution denies the Federal Government

from assuming any powers not specifically delegated to it by the US Constitution, and

WHEREAS, Article 1, section 30 of the North Carolina Constitution and Declaration of

Rights specifically guarantees to North Carolina citizens the right to bear arms as

protection against the standing armies of the Federal Government, and

WHEREAS, any legislative attempts on the part of the Federal Government to ban

weapons based on criteria of form or function violates both the writ and the intent of the

founding documents of our nation and our state, and are thus invalid and therefore

void,

THEREFORE LET IT BE RESOLVED, that we, the people of the Franklin County Republican

Party of North Carolina reject any intent upon the part of the Federal Government to ban

weapons based on cosmetic form or method of function, and

that we, the people of the Franklin County Republican Party of North Carolina refuse to

be subject to the unconstitutional tyranny of the Federal Government, and

that we, the people of the Franklin County Republican Party of North Carolina will

actively dedicate ourselves to nominating and electing representatives to the North

Carolina State Assembly who will draft and pass legislation rejecting said measures and

protecting the rights of the citizens of our state,

THEREFORE LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED, that we, the people of the Franklin County

Republican Party of North Carolina do hereby call upon the members of the North

Carolina General Assembly to immediately pass legislation rejecting Federal weapons

bans, asserting our State sovereignty under the 10th Amendment, and refusing

compliance with any and all weapons bans at the Federal level.