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Show nffl ,,,, .., - -; ''4A ' " p'"' ' i " r i j. j r" , i 1 j - Cedar Hills Council Considers Second Amendment Resolution ing in our opinion should be taken to cast doubt on longstanding long-standing prohibitions on the possession of firearms by felons and the mentally ill, or laws forbidding the carrying of firearms in sensitive places such as schools and government govern-ment buildings, or laws imposing im-posing conditions and qualifications quali-fications on the commercial sale of arms." Mayor Gary Gygi invited Augustus to make a motion to adopt the resolution. There was no second. Jackman said he would like some further discussion. The mayor said the motion had died, and Jackman said he might be willing to reconsider his objections ob-jections if the resolution were reworked. Zappala agreed. Augustus said he would be glad to take comments from other council members, and resubmit the resolution, so . the council approved a motion mo-tion from Jackman to continue contin-ue the item. 1 by Harlow Clark On March 19 Cedar Hills Council Member Trent Augustus Au-gustus presented to the City Council a "Resolution for Cedar Hills in Support of Protecting Pro-tecting the Fundamental Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms, as Secured under the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution." Discussion of the resolution reso-lution focused on the strong wording, particularly in this paragraph, "the City of Cedar Hills within its lawful powers pow-ers will take any and all action ac-tion necessary to protect and defend its citizens' Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms." Council Member Jen-ney Jen-ney Rees said it was such a strongly worded resolution resolu-tion she didn't feel comfortable comfort-able with it even though she agreed. She also said she felt uncomfortable speaking for the whole city. Council Member Scott Jackman said, "I'm not convinced con-vinced our Second Amendment Amend-ment rights are in danger," and asked why the Second and not the First, or the Third. Augustus replied that he'd happily work on resolutions resolu-tions for each amendment in the Bill of Rights. Council Member Daniel Zappala said the resolution presented "a one-sided view of case history as relates to the Constitution," and read from Justice Antonin Scalia's decision in the 2008 case District Dis-trict of Columbia vs. Heller, which affirmed the right to bear arms as an individual right, and which the resolution resolu-tion cites. Zappala emphasized that Scalia is the Supreme Court's most conservative justice. "Like most rights, the Second Amendment right is not unlimited," un-limited," Scalia wrote. Zappala quoted Scalia's example of the limits, "Noth- |