Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
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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Purse carry – safe enough? Maxpedition Look Bags The Law of Self Defense Seminars and Andrew Branca’s book, The Law Of Self Defense — see WeaponsMan’s review Half-truth? You’ve heard the other side’s disproved claims that your gun is somehow more likely to be used against a family member than an attacker. Well, maybe the answer is both: Homeowner shoots nephew
Purse carry. Law of self-defense. Half-truth? Fatal fists. TX massacre. Read More »
The Florida League of Women Voters has a “Gun Safety Committee,” which has held a conference for leaders who oppose arming women and other law-abiding citizens for self-defense. Women against women. Here’s your sign. The Veterans Administration tried to forcibly confiscate the firearms of a disabled veteran in Idaho last week, but the VA was stopped in its tracks by
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A North Carolina resident successfully used a handgun to defend his home against two intruders. One of the intruders was found in a vehicle with life threatening injuries: the other fled on foot and was also captured. But a reporter at WCNC reporting on the successful defense advised that, “Police say the answer is clear — you should never fight
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