Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
May 12, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation MS Supreme Court reviewing judge’s overreaching courthouse gun-ban order. Steyr Arms claims that it had the idea (and patent) for a modular pistol chassis first, and that Sig Sauer infringed on its patent with the production of Sig’s P320 and P250 series handguns without a license. Steyr Arms has filed suit against […]
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May 5, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman New MS AG opinion on carry law “If we assumed that all MDOT facilities were not locations listed in Section 45-9-101(13) [of the MS Code], then it would be our opinion that MDOT could, by signage alone, keep all concealed carriers off its property… …If, however, the location is not listed in Section
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April 28, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Surgeon General Out President Trump has fired gun-banner Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General. The news release said he was asked to resign, then relieved of his duties, effective immediately. Murthy often used his office to shill for unconstitutional gun control. Amen. ATF reverses itself yet again on pistol “stabilizing braces” used as
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April 21, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislation Several states are currently working on passing permitless/Constitutional carry. Of course requiring a government permission slip to peaceably exercise your Constitutional rights is patently unconstitutional. I just love watching this active map: I saw a report this month that ATF officials generally take the position that state “firearms freedom acts” laws which
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April 14, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman SCOTUS confirmation By a 54-45 vote the US Senate has confirmed President Trump’s appointment of Neil Gorsuch to fill the US Supreme Court seat vacated by the passing of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. Gorsuch is widely believed to be a constitutional originalist and eminently qualified for the position. He was sworn in Monday.
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April 7, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman OK follow-up Predictably, a family member of one of the perps who was killed by the young man defending against a home invasion by three people last week now says that the defender shouldn’t have used an AR rifle to shoot his precious little felonious drop-out. Well, there WAS a way to avoid
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March 31, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Alabama permits We’ve mentioned several Alabama politicians and law enforcement types who oppose current bills to move the state to Constitutional Carry (no permit). These opponents have repeatedly stated that their interest is “safety” or “officer safety” or somesuch, an have explicity denied their opposition to your rights. Turns out, it’s mostly about
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March 24, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislation As promised, President Donald Trump signed legislation which reversed the Obama executive order to the Social Security Administration (SSA) that would have placed the names of those SS disability beneficiaries with a conservator on the NICS no sale list, thus denying Second Amendment rights without constitutionally-required due process. It looks like the
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