Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
We have a report that Win 231 & Hodgdon HP38 (same powder) are being phased out. Ruger has five-shot Super Blackhawk Bisley models in either .454 Casull or .480 Ruger. Satin stainless steel, 6.5″ barrel, unfluted cylinder, ~50 oz. Available through Lipsey’s. Ruger has also introduced a Takedown version of its SR-556 autoloading rifle. Walther has added the .45 ACP […]
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Turns out I’ve been correcting folks’ pronunciation of Lapua wrong all these years (I said “lop-wah“). But I was close. It’s approximately “LAHP-oohwah.” Regardless, it ain’t “la-POO-wah.” Learn more: Lapua video (hear them pronounce their name) 10 Gun Names You are Saying Wrong
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation adjusted NICS checks for July 2015 were the highest numbers for a July on record. According to the NSSF, there were 946,528 checks as adjusted in July 2015. This was a 15.9% increase over July 2014 and a 10.67% increase over July 2013 — the previous highest for July, with 855,259 checks as adjusted.
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MS Attorney General Jim Hood (D) has announced five free officer involved shooting training sessions for professionals across the state in August and September, offered in conjunction with the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy, the Law Enforcement Alliance for Peer Support, and the United States Attorney’s Office. We hope that the training is better than Hood’s open carry law opinions.
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Starkville Oktibbeha (MS) School Superintendent Lewis Holloway was arrested and booked into the Oktibbeha County jail on two counts of simple assault and threatening after a disturbance (not on school property) in which he allegedly fired a gun into the air. Barvetta Singletary, 37, is a “Special Assistant” to President Barack Obama and House Legislative Affairs Liaison. Before joining the
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African hunting updates We have a report that Zimbabwe has lifted its Aug. 2 hastily-imposed countrywide ban on lion, leopard and elephant hunting, passed in the wake of global outrage over the killing of a lion by a US hunter. The ban remains in place in certain specific local areas, including where that lion was killed. From the AP: “‘The
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Baton Rouge gun shop offering free concealed-carry training to women with restraining orders.
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Jemison, Alabama church opens gun range. I sure do love the South. But I guess nobody told this Rocky Mount United Methodist Church that the Board of Church and Society for the United Methodist Church is anti-gun.
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