Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
Investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, the only mainstream media reporter to follow the government’s Fast & Furious scandal, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice, demanding access to FBI documents that involve her personally, after DOJ started poking around in her life and her business and hacked her computer. Three separate computer forensic exams reportedly showed that hackers used […]
Fast & Furious update (again) Read More »
We reported last time that Blue Collar Comedian Bill Engvall, who had made statements in 2011 and 2012 that suggested his willingness to ban certain firearms, is scheduled to speak at the NSSF’s 2015 SHOT Show State of the Industry dinner. Engvall was selected to replace Jay Leno after Leno wimped out following protests from anti-gun groups. After coming under
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The Second Amendment Foundation’s new Training Division has announced a new program specifically directed at training the new and inexperienced shooters in the defensive use of pistols, shotguns and carbines. Initial offerings include Methods of Instruction, Defensive Handgun 1&2, Defensive Shotgun 1&2, and Defensive Carbine 1&2. If this works out, it should be a good complement to NRA’s long standing
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Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation, a fine organization doing great work without which we would not have many of our pro-gun court decisions, is still saying that pro-gunners should be proactive in writing and promoting gun control legislation such as background checks, instead of letting our enemies get those laws passed while we sit on the sidelines. Well,
Second Amendment Foundation – Appeasement? Read More »
Virulent liberal anti-gun US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), elected to the Senate in 1992, has announced that she will not seek re-election to a new term next year. Boxer, 74, is a staunch abortionist, gun banner and left-wing tree hugger. The crop of aspiring Democrat replacements looks no better than she did.
Senator Boxer to retire Read More »
Dana Criswell, a pro-gunner who is the owner, editor, and author of the popular blog, Mississippi Gun News, has announced his candidacy for MS State Representative, District 6 in Olive Branch. Election is Aug. 5.
MS Gun News’ Dana Criswell running for state representative Read More »
Former three-term ultra-liberal NY governor and anti-gun zealot Mario Cuomo died last week of natural causes at age 82. Although he was reported to be very smart, it did not show when it came to vilifying inanimate objects. One of Cuomo’s survivors, son Andrew, was New York’s attorney general before becoming the current governor of NY, and is likewise an
Ultra-liberal NY governor, anti-gun zealot Mario Cuomo Read More »
We warned in the last newsletter about the danger of celebratory gunfire into the air, for instance on New Year’s Eve. We are now aware of at least one injury caused by a falling bullet penetrating the roof and ceiling of a local (Jackson, MS area) church, injuring a woman attending there. We also have reports of a bullet hole
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