Jeff Pittman

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2A History, Chiefs, Navy, Black & White, Active Defense, TV

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2A News: July 15, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Election Indiana Governor Mike Pence has reportedly been chosen as Donald Trump’s VP running mate. How is Pence on guns? Can we have a Pence/Trump ticket, instead of a Trump/Pence ticket? Enemies “We will expand background checks and close dangerous loopholes in our current laws, hold irresponsible dealers and manufacturers accountable, […]

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A poster showcasing various types of guns and rifles, promoting activism for gun control legislation.

Litigation, Legislation, Antics, Activism, Knife vs Gun, Misc.

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2A News: July 8, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation A 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit unanimously rejected the plaintiff’s arguments in Hollis v. Lynch, which sued the Justice Dept. to try to overturn the legal ban on new machine guns. The panel (led by Mississippi’s Judge Leslie H. Southwick) said that “machine

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ATF vs Paris, Nightclub, TN Law, Zones, Bracken Essay

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2A News: July 1, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman The Gift That Keeps On Giving Remember the Paris terrorist massacre (130 dead, 368 wounded)? Remember the ATF’s felonious Fast & Furious gun running scheme (body count still rising)? Well, guess what? Judicial Watch has learned that apparently one of the guns (an AK-style rifle) used in the November 13, 2015

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Armed Feds, No-Fly, Heroes, NRA Memberships

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2A News: June 24, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation The US Supreme Court denied certiorari in Shew v. Malloy and Kampfer v. Cuomo, the cases that challenged gun bans in CT and NY, respectively, passed after the 2012 Newtown massacre. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals previously upheld the laws prohibiting semiautomatic weapons and large capacity magazines in the two states,

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Orlando, Correction, Judges, A Vet’s Reply

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2A News: June 17, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Orlando You’ve seen the news about 49 victims being fatally shot and another 53 being wounded during a mass shooting by a lone perpetrator in a homosexual nightclub in Orlando, FL, early last Sunday morning. Apparently the terrorist was shot at without effect, by at least three Orlando police officers after

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American flag photograph - thank you for your service print.

Thank you for your service: a ‘Nam vet’s candid reply

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“THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE” A well-meaning phrase, appreciated and deserved by our military men and women, but one heard with mixed feelings by some, perhaps most, Vietnam veterans. October, 1969, Travis Air Force Base, California. Down the steps of the “Freedom Bird” that brought us back to the US. Picked up my duffel bag and carried it outside the

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Litigation, Enemies, Bans, Liars, Paris, Pearl, Bracken Essays

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2A News: June 10, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Presidential election The International Defensive Pistol Association has endorsed Donald Trump for president. A Washington D.C. lobbying firm closely linked to Hillary Clinton was paid handsomely by Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd., a sharia-compliant Bengali bank tied to terrorism, according to government records. Also making the rounds again this week is the

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