Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
Details about how to obtain benefits from a settlement over alleged defective handgun designs by Taurus International will appear on a website this month, according to the plaintiff’s attorneys. The settlement agreement would allow owners of affected handguns to either have Taurus repair the alleged defect in the pistol or exchange the gun for cash. If owners select the first […]
Taurus recall update Read More »
This week: DO SOMETHING to advance gun rights. Write a letter, make a call, send a donation. SAF/CCRKBA Gun Rights Policy Conference Sept. 25-27, Phoenix. Free.
Do Something & Gun Rights Policy Conference. Read More »
Last week I reported on a Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center staff psychiatrist and University of Pennsylvania professor of psychiatry who advised a pro-gun veteran to commit suicide. Apparently the doctor’s name is Gregg Gorton, not Gregg Gordon, as was reported here. To any Gregg Gordons I extend my sincere apology for the error.
July 31, 2015 Correction Read More »
I sure hope they don’t figure out door knobs… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsXpuvqFw4A
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week authorities investigated reports that two men fired gunshots from a vehicle “at” soldiers training at Camp Shelby in southern MS, injuring no one. No reports indicated whether the soldiers were armed or attempted to defend themselves, or did anything other than tell the teacher. Reports indicate that the Mississippi National Guard said soldiers reported
MS Army Camp Shelby shots fired Read More »
Remember that John Grisham book and movie? The shooting scene in the movie was filmed at the old courthouse in Canton, MS and involved a rape and assault victim’s father shooting and killing the accused perpetrators in the courthouse. This week in a weirdly similar situation, a man named Wells walked up to a criminal defendant named Brown outside of
The BATF has advised people to be on the lookout for fraudulent National Firearms Act (NFA) tax registration forms being used to sell NFA firearms (machine guns and the like). The scam involves use of the fake Form 4 to obtain a deposit but the firearm is never delivered, according to ATF. According to an ATF bulletin: “A typical scam