Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
Toby Keith update: Country music star Toby Keith, whose restaurants prohibit the legal carry of defensive firearms, said last week that stricter gun laws would not have made a difference in the Charleston, SC church massacre, but seems to think that only cops should have guns. I wish he’d make up his mind. I don’t buy his opinions or his […]
Toby Keith. Charleston Mayor Riley. Karl Rove. Read More »
Charleston Update We can learn a few things from the victims and survivors in Charleston: How to be Christian witnesses in the face of pure evil. How not to volunteer to be a victim or live in denial. How far white America has come since the 60’s, judging by our reactions to this atrocity. You might want to listen to
Charleston Update. “Gun Free Zones.” More. Read More »
A court decision in Puerto Rico has eliminated the firearms registry and licensing requirements to purchase and carry in the Commonwealth. The Ladies of the Second Amendment (LSA) group brought the lawsuit in a Puerto Rican Commonwealth court, rather than a federal court. Puerto Rico is a US territory subject to US federal court jurisdiction. LSA is affiliated with SAF
Litigation roundup for June 26, 2015 Read More »
Reminder that the new Mississippi “purse carry” law, which allows concealed carry in a bag without ANY permit, takes effect July 1. I also read this as a legal way to carry into places that the regular permit (or the enhanced permit) does not authorize. It still would not apply to federal facilities or perhaps to places which have a
Mississippi “purse carry” law = concealed carry w/o permit Read More »
Ruger’s Redhawk revolver, which some knowledgeable people say can handle VERY high pressures, is now available chambered to shoot both .45 ACP and .45 Colt cartridges. The new model has a round butt frame, a 4.2″ half-lug barrel, fully adjustable black blade rear sight and red ramp front sight, and 17 lb. trigger. The revolver comes with three full moon
June 19, 2015 product highlights Read More »
Colt As predicted, Colt Defense LLC has entered voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which will allow for quicker sale of operations in the US and Canada. Colt will be relying on a bankruptcy court-ordered auction of business assets to help pay down its $355 million in debt. The primary assets that it owns are heavily mortgaged intellectual property (patents) and the
Colt. STI & Detonics pistol. SIG Sauer. Read More »
On June 16, 1987, a jury in New York acquitted Bernhard Goetz of attempted murder in the 1984 subway shooting of 4 young males (3 with criminal records) who attempted to rob him. (He was convicted of illegal weapons possession.) New York tabloids dubbed Goetz “the ‘Death Wish’ gunman” because the shooting seemed eerily similar to a scene in the
This day in history: June 16, 1987 (video) Read More »