Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
The US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that several parts of the District’s gun registration law violate the Second Amendment, but has upheld several other parts. The case is Heller v. District of Columbia (Heller III). Note that the parts that were ruled unconstitutional failed because they did not advance a government interest “in […]
You know you’re a gun girl if . . . You have a box or a drawer dedicated to holsters. You have more than eight gun-related t-shirts. You think about on-body carry and holster options while choosing your outfits. You criticize TV shows and movies when they get firearms terms and actions wrong. You drool over the latest models from
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Precision Shooting Center, Forest, MS, has announced that three of the finest hand gunners Mississippi has ever produced will begin holding one-day seminars each month at its facility beginning in January, 2016. LTC Pat Cronin (MHP retired), CPT Phillip Hemphill (MHP retired), and MSG Dan Rawlinson, (MHP), are National and World champion law enforcement handgun competitors. They have chosen twelve
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Killer reportedly an anti-violence Ferguson Protester who supported another cop-killer The man accused of fatally shooting a rookie KY State Police trooper Sunday night was shot and killed after troopers commanded him to drop his gun. When he refused and aimed his weapon at them, he died of stupidity. Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder, 31, died hours earlier following a traffic
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An unidentified veteran 51-year-old Massachusetts state trooper sergeant shot himself in the leg with a shotgun loaded with buckshot this week while carrying a shotgun into his new cruiser, State Police said. He is expected to survive, and hopefully be wiser. You hear a lot of reports of “cop leg,” but not too many with a shotgun. “Fearing for their
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Natchez, MS defensive gun use Talking to police — “Concealed Carry and the Right to Remain Silent – Part 1” Infographic — private firearms ownership & police deaths over time (source — Officers Feloniously Killed vs. Private Firearms 1961 to 2013)
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You’ve heard about the Delta State University (MS) professor shooting his rival on campus this week. “The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning hereby prohibits the possession of pistols, firearms or other weapons in any form by any person other than duly authorized law enforcement officials on its institution premises or at any of its institutions or
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