Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
July 14, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Attorneys for a man arrested in 2012 in Florida have asked the US Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a longstanding Florida law prohibiting people from openly carrying firearms in public. The Florida Supreme Court previously upheld the law. The SCOTUS petition contends the law violates the Second […]
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July 7, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Royal Navy An unspecified number of British Royal Navy Special Boat Service sailors were surrounded and ambushed by about 50 ISIS fighters in Iraq when the sailors found that they were out of ammo after killing about 20 of their attackers. So they “went off” on the enemy, vowing to go out fighting
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June 30, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Housekeeping Sorry about the late newsletter last time folks – my newsletter support staff had a baby. Independence Day coming up My favorite patriotic song and video. Southern Hillbillies. Don’t mess with ’em. Just don’t. 600 Million Firearms in Law-abiding Hands? THAT’S Freedom!
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June 23, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Housekeeping Please remind your friends that the 2A News sent by Juno email no longer works, but they can re-subscribe at 2anews.net. Thanks. Dealing with the Media Dealing with Media for Firearms Instructors Additional points: NRA has a seminar on this. Use the opportunity to talk about YOUR topic, not necessarily to answer
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June 16, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman US Rep. shot in Virginia; massacre prevented by good guys with guns When US House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), 51, and at least four others were shot by a man with a rifle and a handgun who fired what was reported to be dozens of (perhaps a hundred) shots over a 5-to-10-minute
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June 9, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislative update The Gun Mag: Legislative Update June 5, 2017 US House still farting around with Fast & Furious debacle No remedy, no results, no accountability, no indictments, no justice. Just a “report.” Meanwhile Eric Holder and his fellow felons are walking around free. https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/fast-furious-six-years-later/ https://oversight.house.gov/release/committee-releases-fast-furious-report-obstruction-congress-department-justice/ The Gun Mag: House Committee Releases ‘Scathing’ Fast And
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June 2, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Gunwalker The ATF is still giving out guns to criminals. Now in Florida. Litigation US District Court Judge John Gibney, Jr. of the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in favor of talking twithead Katie Couric in the lawsuit against her for her creative editing of an anti-gun “documentary.” The Virginia Citizens Defense
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May 26, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Memorial Day Monday we observe Memorial Day. Remember what it means. Litigation The Tenth US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence under a city ordinance doesn’t disqualify one from owning guns under the federal law that prohibits someone from owning a gun if they’ve been convicted
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