RESOLUTION - LIFT CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT - #2014-34

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d0i4-�` .. BK -00026 PG -1067 LEE COUNTY Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION TO LIFT THE RESTRICTION ON LAW-ABIDING CONCEALED HANDGUN PERMIT HOLDERS ON FEDERAL MILITARY FACILITIES AND FEDERAL OFFICES WHEREAS, on June 20, 1994, at Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane Washington an armed shooter Dean Mellberg, killed five (5) unarmed men, women, and children in addition wounding twenty two (22); on a military base that restricted firearms; and, WHEREAS, on October 27, 1995, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina an armed shooter William J. Kreutzer, Jr., ambushed an unarmed Army Officer and wounding eighteen (18) other soldiers; on a military base that restricted firearms; and, WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, at Fort Hood, Texas an armed shooter Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, while yelling "ALLAH AKBAR" fatally murdered thirteen (13) unarmed soldiers and injured thirty two (32) others; on a military base that restricted firearms; and, WHEREAS, on September 16, 2013, at the Washington Navy Yard in the District of Columbia an armed shooter, Aaron Alexis, murdered twelve (12) unarmed people and injured three (3) others; on a military base that restricted firearms; and, WHEREAS, on April 2, 2014, at Fort Hood, Texas, an armed shooter, Ivan Lopez, murdered three (3) unarmed soldiers and wounded sixteen (16) others; on a military base that restricted firearms; and, WHEREAS, Title 18 U.S.C. § 930 prohibits the law-abiding Concealed Handgun Permit holders to carry on or in Federal Facilities; and, WHEREAS, the Federal Government is unable and in many instances incapable of protecting unarmed citizens on said Federal Facilities; and, WHEREAS, the law-abiding Concealed Handgun Permit holders, add another layer of protection to those unarmed citizens on said Federal Facilities that, to this day offer no immediate protection. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lee County Board of Commissioners recognizes the benefit of law-abiding Concealed Handgun Permit holders are able to cavy throughout the Great North State and all other states that have Concealed Handgun Permit reciprocity with North Carolina. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lee County Board of Commissioners petition and call upon North Carolina's Congressional Delegation, its Governor and its General Assembly to take all lawful steps necessary to remove the restrictions on Law -Abiding Concealed Handgun Permit holders on Federal Property (with exception of Federal Courts and Prisons) within North Carolina and throughout these United States. Adopted this 20th day of October 2014.