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2016 Mississippi Gun Bills Still Alive
2016 Mississippi Gun Bills Still Alive Again, with apologies to MS nonresident list members. 2A News Special Alert — March 3, 2016 Next deadline: March 22 for committee action in receiving chamber. You can view bills at http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx under “Legislation.” Here’s a posting of my MS information from last time (February 28, 2016). SALES, RECORDS, SUPPRESSORS SB 2313 Sen. Tindell PASSED […] Read More
2016 Mississippi Gun Bills
2A News Special Alert — February 28, 2016 2016 Mississippi Gun Bills (with apologies to list members not in MS) I missed the first deadline due to the Legislature changing its schedule. Next deadline: March 3 for original floor action. I will try to send updates after major deadlines. You can view bills at http://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx under “Legislation.” SALES, RECORDS, SUPPRESSORS HB 536 […] Read More
Election eligibility, lawyer advice, Kansas, Cecil
2A News: February 26, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MSFOA meeting The 2016 annual meeting of the Mississippi State Firearm Owners Association is scheduled for TOMORROW, Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Pearl, MS. Memberships and renewals will occur prior to the 2:00 meeting, so come early. I understand it will be in the upstairs […] Read More
SCOTUS, Trump, Enemies, Idiocy, ISIS Beheaded, Jackasses…!
2A News: February 19, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MSFOA meeting The 2016 annual meeting of the Mississippi State Firearm Owners Association is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Pearl, MS. Memberships and renewals will occur prior to the 2:00 meeting, so come early. I understand it will be in the upstairs classroom. […] Read More
February 10, 2016 Newsletter
Housekeeping Due to computer issues, I am sending this newsletter early while I can. Hopefully back on schedule next week. MSFOA meeting The 2016 annual meeting of the Mississippi State Firearm Owners Association is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops in Pearl, MS. Memberships and renewals will occur prior to the 2:00 meeting, so […] Read More
February 5, 2016 Newsletter
Litigation A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled 2-1 this week that the US District Court for the District of Maryland (Northern Division) improperly ruled to uphold Maryland’s prohibition on what the appeals court called “the vast majority of semi-automatic rifles commonly kept by several million American citizens.” The case, Kolbe v. Hogan […] Read More
War on Drugs. Pro Rights. USAF Carry. 22 Rimfire.
2A News: January 29, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Legislation You may recall that recently Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring determined that VA would no longer exercise CCW license reciprocity with most other states. Now we have word that Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) has brokered a deal with legislative Republicans to reinstate reciprocity with bills that would also prohibit […] Read More
Litigation, Only Ones, Obit, Products
2A News: January 22, 2016 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Crimes The US Code currently contains nearly 5,000 federal crimes. Try to find Constitutional authority for the federal government to police that many things. Meanwhile, the US Congress currently contains nearly 500 criminals…. Litigation This week, District of Columbia US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointee, rejected the Justice […] Read More
January 15, 2016 Newsletter
Litigation The Bonidy case (gun possession in USPS parking lot) is being appealed. The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit against the Oklahoma Department of Human Services on behalf of two state residents whose civil rights have been deprived under color of law because agency rules prohibit them from acting as foster parents while legally possessing functional firearms […] Read More
Mississippi ranked 2nd best. SunTrust Bank. Clinton & Sanders. More.
The California-based Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a civilian disarmament group, has ranked the states on a scorecard based on how onerous their gun laws are, meaning an “A+” grade represents draconian restrictive gun laws, while an “F” is a fairly free state. Mississippi ranked 2nd in the nation (49th on their list). First is Kansas. SunTrust Bank has […] Read More
