Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
February 22, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Illinois mass shooting You’ve heard about the man who opened fire and killed five co-workers at an Aurora, IL, (Chicago) factory. It turns out that the perpetrator was a prohibited person with six reported arrests (but no reported convictions) over the years in Aurora and a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in […]
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February 15, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MS Legislation update. Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. I missed a few bills in my previous reports, probably due to their not being posted on the legislature’s website at the time I compiled my report. Here’s my latest status report. Still not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. The
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February 8, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2019 Tactical Games This month in Meridian, MS Litigation Pro-Second Amendment ruling in US District Court in PA (more details here). Note that one of the litigating attorneys, Adam Krout, is a recommended candidate for NRA Board of Directors in the current election. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has
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February 6, 2019 Special Edition Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. Not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. You can read the bills and keep up with their status here. Go to Legislation. See All Measures (Not Dead). The following 3 bills were passed by their respective committees and move to the full House or Senate calendar
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February 1, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman We see the Left’s complaints that the government “shutdown” cost some $11 billion and whining that $3 billion of it cannot be recouped. But when the government’s open it spent $4.11 trillion (2018 annual), which equates to almost $400 billion over a 35 day average. Maybe we should shut it down a lot
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January 29, 2019 Special Edition: 2019 MS Gun Bills Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. This list is not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. I am not a flawless reporter. You can read the bills and keep up with their status here. (Go to Legislation.) The next legislative deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 5, for committees to report
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January 25, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Correction. Last week we reported that the Travis County (TX) District Court ruled that the City of Austin, Texas, violated the law by barring handguns in City Hall, and assessed a NINE MILLION DOLLAR penalty against the city for the violation. Apparently there was a typo in my source’s information. The actual
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January 18, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Federal legislation Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is the new chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee. Our report indicates that Waters and her party are going to pressure financial institutions to severely curtail and even terminate their relationships with firearm manufacturers, licensed gun retailers, and law-abiding citizens exercising their right to purchase and
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