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Patriots Day, NRA, GFZs, Military Rifles

21-Apr-2017 / 9 minutes of reading

April 21, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislation Several states are currently working on passing permitless/Constitutional carry. Of course requiring a government permission slip to peaceably exercise your Constitutional rights is patently unconstitutional. I just love watching this active map: I saw a report this month that ATF officials generally take the position that state “firearms freedom acts” laws which […]

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Fast & Furious, litigation, training, accidents

14-Apr-2017 / 6 minutes of reading

April 14, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman SCOTUS confirmation By a 54-45 vote the US Senate has confirmed President Trump’s appointment of Neil Gorsuch to fill the US Supreme Court seat vacated by the passing of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch is widely believed to be a constitutional originalist and eminently qualified for the position. He was sworn in Monday.

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School Attack Thwarted, Litigation, Training, 2A History

7-Apr-2017 / 6 minutes of reading

April 7, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman OK follow-up Predictably, a family member of one of the perps who was killed by the young man defending against a home invasion by three people last week now says that the defender shouldn’t have used an AR rifle to shoot his precious little felonious drop-out. Well, there WAS a way to avoid

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Invasions, Terrorism, Obit, Gun Free Zones

31-Mar-2017 / 6 minutes of reading

March 31, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Alabama permits We’ve mentioned several Alabama politicians and law enforcement types who oppose current bills to move the state to Constitutional Carry (no permit). These opponents have repeatedly stated that their interest is “safety” or “officer safety” or somesuch, an have explicity denied their opposition to your rights. Turns out, it’s mostly about

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Litigation, Training, Recall, Sales, Buckshot

24-Mar-2017 / 6 minutes of reading

March 24, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislation As promised, President Donald Trump signed legislation which reversed the Obama executive order to the Social Security Administration (SSA) that would have placed the names of those SS disability beneficiaries with a conservator on the NICS no sale list, thus denying Second Amendment rights without constitutionally-required due process. It looks like the

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Gunwalker, Wyatt Trial, Mass Killers, France, 1,000 yd Handgun

17-Mar-2017 / 12 minutes of reading

March 17, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2A EMAIL UPDATE IF you are getting this note in your email, it is only because you are one of the few folks for whom I had email addresses stored in a location besides Juno, after Juno shut down my email account for no reason. Note this is sent from a new email

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Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage

17-Mar-2017 / 1 minute of reading

Title: Surviving a Mass Killer Rampage Author: Chris Bird Genre: Reference Release Date: 1-Aug-2016 Pages: 432 The single most important factor in a rapid mass killer incident is time and this book provides advice for the armed or unarmed citizen and the steps that one can take to increase his or her chances of survival. The average active killer will

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2A Email Down, Litigation, NRA, 911

10-Mar-2017 / 5 minutes of reading

March 10, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2A News EMAIL PROBLEM You’re probably reading this on the 2Anews.net website, because Juno turned off my email, along with my address book, without warning. I am trying to reconstruct with a new email system, but no longer have your addresses. Please use the signup link that will be on the site to

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