Censure of Senator Mitch McConnell

RESOLUTION OF THE BOONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY CONCERNING THE INFRINGEMENT OF OUR SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS

“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” – 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution

WHEREAS, the Bill of Rights protects the people’s rights from tyranny  of the government and the majority, AND

WHEREAS, the Second Amendment protects a non-negotiable inalienable natural right to keep and bear arms, AND

WHEREAS, the Republican Party platform explicitly supports the Second Amendment and opposes gun control, AND

WHEREAS, the Bipartisan Safer Communities  Act contained unconstitutional gun control, including support for red flag laws, AND

WHEREAS, red flag laws are a dangerous violation of the Second Amendment and the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments’ right to due process, AND

WHEREAS, every major gun-rights group opposed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, including the NRA, Gun Owners of America, and the National Association of Gun Rights, AND

WHEREAS, Senator Mitch  McConnell led a group of 15 Republican Senators to join with the Democrats to pass this dangerous and unconstitutional gun control legislation, AND

WHEREAS, more than 2/3rds of the Senate Republican Caucus opposed this dangerous and unconstitutional gun control legislation, AND

WHEREAS, more than 9/lOths of the House Republican Caucus opposed this dangerous and unconstitutional gun control legislation, AND

WHEREAS, Senator Mitch McConnell was the only Republican member  of Kentucky’s congressional delegation to support  this dangerous and unconstitutional gun control, AND

WHEREAS, there is no excuse for any elected Republican to work with Democrats to undermine our constitutional rights, NOW THEREFORE

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Boone County Republican Party hereby formally censures Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, calls for his resignation as Senate Republican Leader, and shall cease any and all support  of him as a Republican.

Adopted this 19th day of September 2022 at a regular meeting of the Boone County, Kentucky, Republican Party.