| It's Friday afternoon and sheriffs across Oklahoma are declaring solidarity with each other and the free people they serve. Two days ago, there was one such sheriff, standing alone in Guthrie, Oklahoma. While professional media outlets are all but silent, citizen journalists are collaborating to provide the information. Don Spencer (President of OK2A) attended the Logan County Commission Meeting, this morning and on behalf of his fellow citizens, commended both the sheriff and all 3 commissioners as they passed a unanimous resolution to defend constitutional liberties against growing calls to confiscate firearms for various pretenses. The sheriffs are also leaders in the Oklahoma Sheriffs Association. this signals an orthodoxy of convictions in our state's law enforcement that will likely influence how district attorneys approach prosecution. In Pittsburg County Sheriff Chris Morris' public letter, he said in part; " There is nothing more critical during a home invasion, burglary or other assaults and crimes against persons than the ability to protect yourself and your family. We are very blessed to live in a state that understands and supports the gun rights of Oklahomans secured and guaranteed under the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. I believe that if every citizen who could legally carry a firearm, would; not only would they and their families be safer, but our entire community would be safer as well." |
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I am officially announcing today that I stand with other Oklahoma Sheriffs, and many across the country in support of the 2nd Amendment, and will proclaim Pittsburg County, Oklahoma to be a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary County.
As Pittsburg County Sheriff I swore an oath to protect and support the Oklahoma and United States Constitutions, and there is no other RIGHT more sacred or vital in protecting the freedoms and liberty of American citizens than ensuring the protection/s afforded under the 2nd Amendment. There is nothing more critical during a home invasion, burglary or other assaults and crimes against persons than the ability to protect yourself and your family. We are very blessed to live in a state that understands and supports the gun rights of Oklahomans secured and guaranteed under the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America. I believe that if every citizen who could legally carry a firearm would, not only would they and their families be safer, but our entire community would be safer as well. I urge and encourage our Oklahoma Legislature and our United States Congressional Delegation to support the rights of American citizens, and oppose any and all attempts to pass state or federal legislation infringing upon the gun rights of Americans, or to support and pass any state or federal laws that would criminalize legal possession of firearms... making criminals out of otherwise law abiding citizens. Furthermore, I urge our Oklahoma Legislature and our United States Congressional Delegation not to support, pass or take any official actions that would be contradictory to the 2nd Amendment, resulting in the unnatural and immoral act of illegal confiscation of firearms from law abiding citizens, or the establishment of a “mandatory” state or national firearm registry, buyback or other firearms surrender type program/s. In God We Trust! Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office |
Declaration of Intent
Establishing Pittsburg County, Oklahoma a Second Amendment Sanctuary County LET IT BE KNOWN that the Pittsburg County Sheriff hereby declares his intent to oppose any and all infringements on the rights and liberties of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms using such legal means as may be expedient, including, without limitation, court action, and LET IT BE KNOWN that the Pittsburg County Sheriff hereby expresses his intent that no public funds will be used in any manner to restrict the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Pittsburg County, or to aid federal, state, or any municipal agencies in the restriction of said rights, and LET IT BE KNOWN The undersigned Pittsburg County Sheriff hereby declares Pittsburg County as a “Second Amendment Sanctuary County” on February 14, 2020. NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN that while the Pittsburg County Sheriff has so declared Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, a "Second Amendment Sanctuary County” and also engages the Pittsburg County Board of Commissioners in respectfully recommending and petitioning their affirmative resolution of unqualified support for this declaration. Signed under constitutional and legislative authority as the senior law enforcement officer in Pittsburg County Oklahoma this 14th Day of February, 2020. Chris Morris Pittsburg County Sheriff |
