By: Rep. Scott

To: Jud. B

Prohibits the possession or use of a TASER or stun gun by LEOs or SROs in the state. Also prohibits training in their use by law enforcement academies. Possession or use by non-LEOs would remain legal. Well, that’s a switch.

By: Rep. Burnett

To: Jud. B

Removes prohibition on the possession or use of firearms and other weapons in defense of a person’s residence or motor vehicle by persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.

By: Rep. Porter

To: Jud. B

Outlaws the possession of FFL-unserialized but otherwise legal firearms (home made guns) by anyone other than an FFL.

By: Rep. Porter

To: Jud. B

Requires the Dept. of Public Safety to issue new or renewal driver’s licenses and permits and CDLs with an endorsement for the state CCW license for CCW licensees who request it.

By: Rep. Nelson

To: Jud. B

Requires automatic expungement of convictions of all non-traffic misdemeanor crimes.

By: Reps. Hulum, Bell (65th), Clark, Foster, Hines, Osborne

To: Jud. B

Creates the “Mississippi Firearms Parental Amnesty Act,” which stipulates that any parent or legal guardian of a minor who is less than eighteen (18) years of age, and who voluntarily and peacefully delivers and abandons any firearm that was owned by or in the possession or control of the minor, regardless of whether the firearm was used in the commission of a crime or not, shall be “immune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken with use of the firearm, if any.” No person who delivers and abandons a firearm, destructive device, or ammunition under this section shall be required to furnish identification, photographs, or fingerprints. So then how will they know if that person is a parent or legal guardian? This seems like a great way to dispose of crime evidence.

By: Reps. Hulum, Sanders, Hines, James-Jones

To: Jud. B

Removes prohibition on the possession or use of firearms and other weapons in defense of a person’s residence by persons convicted of nonviolent felonies.

By: Rep. Keen

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Hunting bill that prohibits suppressors or thermal or night vision scope for otherwise legal hunting of nuisance wildlife.

By: Rep. McLean

To: Jud. A

Establishes “The Mississippi Houston/Hunter Act,” which would provide immunity from civil action against any FFL for lawfully returning a firearm to its owner at the termination of a lawful firearm hold agreement. A firearm hold agreement is a private transaction between a federal firearm licensee and an individual firearm owner where the licensee agrees to: (i) take physical possession of the owner’s lawfully possessed firearm at the owner’s request; (ii) hold the firearm for an agreed period of time; and (iii) return the firearm to the owner.

By: Rep. Smith, Boyd (37th)

To: Jud. B

Creates the “Second Amendment Preservation Act,” which is basically a local firearm ordinance preemption law. It looks mostly redundant to me.

By: Rep. Mangold

To: Jud. B

Provides that the crime of a child who knowingly or intentionally committed possession of a stolen firearm, the possession of which is prohibited by Section 97-37-35, which would be a felony if committed by an adult, will be in the original jurisdiction of the circuit court and not in youth court.

By: Rep. Summers

To: Jud. B

Prohibits “no knock” warrants.

By: Rep. Ladner

To: Jud. B

Requires education and training components on the Mississippi Constitution of 1890 and the United States Constitution to consist of not less than eight (8) hours in the initial law enforcement officer certification program and not less than two (2) hours in any required continuing education program for law enforcement officers.

By: Rep. Ford (73rd)

To: Jud. B

Prohibits false or secret compartments in vehicles which could be used to hide contraband from law enforcement. Well, what if we’re hiding legal stuff from criminals?

By: Rep. Yancey

To: Jud. B

Adds constables to the list of LEOs who are exempt from the CCW license requirements.

By: Rep. Remak

To: Jud. B

Allows online renewals of CCW licenses if no information has changed.

By: Rep. Crudup

To: Jud. B

Requires that LEOs be equipped with at least one less lethal weapon – such as a stun gun, baton or pepper spray – while on duty. (But of course HB 182 would prohibit those stun guns.)

By: Rep. Sanford

To: Jud. B

Creates the crime of aggravated manslaughter under certain conditions and provides penalties.

By: Rep. Lamar

To: Jud. B

Creates the “Mississippi Mass Casualty Threats Prevention Act” and the crimes of “Capital Mass Casualty Threat” and “Mass Casualty Threat.” Proposes that a potentially lethal attack on a “crowd” is such an act and is punishable by death by firing squad. If the perpetrator is a juvenile, the punishment is 20 years to death, depending. A “crowd” is defined as two or more people in close proximity.

By: Sen. Hickman

To: Jud. B

Basically restores gun rights to nonviolent felons five (5) years after the successful completion of all terms and conditions of the sentence for the conviction, including the payment of all ordered fines, fees, assessments, and restitution and the completion of any requirements of probation, parole, or early release.

By: Sen. Blackmon

To: Jud. A, Jud. B

Essentially requires background checks to be performed by the state Department of Public Safety on buyers at private (non FFL dealer) gun sales. It refers to gun shows as defined in federal law – which are specifically off premise functions of FFLs – but then attempts to apply that federal licensee function to unlicensed individuals. The bill is a mess, like its author.

By: Sen. Fillingane

To: Jud. A

Creates the crime of aggravated manslaughter under certain conditions and provides penalties.

By: Sen. Johnson

To: Jud. B

Clarifies that silencer manufacture, sale or possession is illegal under state law only if illegal under federal law.

By: Sen. Wiggins

To: Jud. B

Tweaks the “red flag” law to provide that a petitioner to the court may request that firearms be prohibited from a criminal or person subject to a court ordered restraint and that such request must be specific as to the particular threat or reason for the request. The request is not mandatory for the court to issue such prohibitions.

By: Sen. Barrett, Berry

To: Elections

Requires that candidates for sheriff must be certified LEOs and have 10 years of LEO experience at the time of the election. Grandfathers in current sheriffs.

By: Sen. Younger

To: Jud. A

Protects race tracks from nuisance actions by nearby landowners or local governments when the track was there first. This could easily be expanded to apply to gun ranges and hunting clubs.

By: Sen. Blackmon

To: Jud. A

Provides an exception to police immunity for a civil claim against a government (police) employee when violations of state constitutional rights are alleged.

By: Sen. Seymour

To: Jud. A

Prohibits government contracts with companies who are hostile to knife companies or to knife possession or ownership.

By: Sen. Seymour

To: Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks

Clarifies prohibition on hunting on or across public road and railroad, levee, etc. rights-of-way in light of the SCOTUS Heller decision.  Basically you still can’t hunt there but you can possess a gun there and cross such areas while armed for legal purposes, such as lawful hunting on adjacent land.

By: Sen. Boyd

To: Education

Deals – not very well – with “active shooter drills” in schools.

By: Sen. Seymour

To: Jud. A

Bans state agencies from having policies or contracts that restrict gun rights. Bans gun “buybacks” by governmental entities. Provides for lawsuits by aggrieved parties.

By: Sen. Norwood

To: Jud. B

Bans purchase of a firearm or ammo or armor piercing ammo by a minor. Bans sale of a firearm or ammo or AP ammo to a minor. “Minor” is undefined. Possession is not addressed.

By: Sen. Hill

To: Jud. B

Prohibits shooting guns within 500 feet of a school, church or residence (unless you’re the resident).  Here’s the deal: If someone doesn’t want their neighbors shooting within 500 feet of their building, they need to buy 500 feet of property all the way around and not allow trespassing.  Simple.

SB 2814

By: Sen. DuPree

To: Jud. B

Creates the “Nonviolent Firearm Offense Early Intervention Act,” a diversion program for offenders under age 22(!) whose firearm “offense” was essentially benign and did not involve shooting, threatening, assault, brandishing, burglary, robbery or other such crimes. Mostly related to illegal possession, etc.

By: Sen. Turner-Ford

To: Jud. B

Safe storage law. Criminalizes the storage of a firearm in a knowing or reckless unsecured manner, AND/IF a minor gets the gun without lawful permission and the minor fires the gun, uses it to threaten or injure anyone or transports it to a “prohibited” location.