The Marshall County Board of Commissioners voted on Nov. 17 to adopt Resolution 2025-15, described in the meeting record as a ‘Sanctuary County’ declaration reaffirming residents’ rights under the Second Amendment.

At the meeting the board chair said the measure “basically reinforces the Constitution” and clarified that “it does not allow anybody that has committed a felony or any kind of crime” to possess firearms and that it would not supersede federal background-check requirements for licensed dealers. Commissioners debated procedural questions, and one commissioner moved to adopt the resolution as presented; the motion passed on a single reading, which staff noted is sufficient for a resolution.

Supporters framed the action as a symbolic affirmation of constitutional rights rather than a change to local enforcement policy. The record shows commissioners explicitly discussed that the resolution would not interfere with court orders that prohibit weapon possession or with federal statutes and background-check systems.

The board took the vote during its regular business session; no public comments on the resolution were recorded during the meeting’s public-comment period. The next procedural step for the resolution is its inclusion in the county’s public records and posting to the appropriate county files.