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Resolution R-22-0219
Legislation
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
File Number: 12110 Final Action Date: 6/9/2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION DIRECTING THE CITY
MANAGER TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION TO ENSURE THAT WEAPONS
RECEIVED THROUGH THE CITY OF MIAMI'S GUN BUY-BACK PROGRAM
ARE DIRECTED TO UKRAINE FOR THE DEFENSE AND LIBERATION OF
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR RUSSIAN INVADERS, SUBJECT TO
ALL APPLICABLE LAW, RULES, AND REGULATIONS.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Ken Russell
WHEREAS, the City of Miami's ("City") population consists of diasporas of people who
fled petty tyrants and their criminal regimes; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to see all peoples free of authoritarianism and oppression;
and
WHEREAS, the Ukrainian people are currently suffering under a brutal invasion
perpetrated by a tyrant with no regard for human life or dignity; and
WHEREAS, the Ukrainian people have stood in defiance against their Russian invaders;
and
WHEREAS, the free world has joined together to ensure that this resurgent would-be
evil empire has been stopped once and for all; and
WHEREAS, the City has an existing gun buy-back program where weapons are turned
in to the City of Miami Police Department for destruction; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to assist those brave men and woman who fight for liberty
against their oppressors; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to ensure that the weapons received through the City's Gun
Buyback program are used in the Ukrainian people's struggle against it's oppressor, subject to
all applicable law, rules, and regulations;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. The City Manager is directed to take any and all action to work with federal
authorities to ship any functional weapon received through the City's Gun Buyback program to
Ukraine for use in the conflict against the Russian invasion, subject to all applicable law, rules,
and regulations.
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File ID: 12110 Enactment Number: R-22-0219
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity ttor ey 6/26/2022
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