Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
A new Gallup poll conducted this month shows that 49% of Americans consider the federal government “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.” Meanwhile, a new Rasmussen poll indicates that only 36% of likely voters think the federal government should be involved in gun control, 69% think it would be bad for the country if only […]
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Some Portland (OR) State University students have been protesting this week, calling for campus security to be disarmed. Because, stupid. PETA is suing to make the government assign a copyright for a “selfie” picture to a monkey (a macaca nigra). The US Copyright Act [17 U.S.C. 102(a)] protects “original works of authorship,” and states that the copyright office will not
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Jean Fontaine is the “data lead” (I think that means file clerk) for South Carolina Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. She lives in Greenville, SC. Ms Fontaine had an op-ed in the Greenville News regarding a training session she attended in Minneapolis, MN this summer. She started the column by saying: “This summer, I took training in
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Pope Francis, the elected leader of the Catholic Church, said to the U.S. Congress* this week that “it is our duty to confront the problem and stop the arms trade.” He also praised House Speaker John Boehner’s (also Catholic) green tie as a symbol of hope. Well I have a green gun… This from a man protected by a hundred
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“The intelligence pros said killing certain ISIS leaders might not diminish the group and that airstrikes might not be working. The bosses didn’t like those answers—not at all. Senior intelligence officials at the U.S. military’s Central Command demanded significant alterations to analysts’ reports that questioned whether airstrikes against the so-called Islamic State widely known as ISIS were damaging the group’s
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The jack-booted thugs in the Nassau County, NY District Attorney’s office stipulate that “Assistant district attorneys [prosecutors] are not permitted to apply for a handgun permit nor own or possess a handgun while employed by the Nassau County District Attorney. Any exception to this policy must be in writing and approved by the District Attorney.” This includes guns at home
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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
Gun girl. Collectibles. All-American double rifle. Read More »