Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

Administration The Trump administration’s DOJ says machine guns aren’t protected by the Second Amendment, ridiculously arguing in court that “Machine guns are atypical weapons not protected by the Second Amendment because a reasonable person would not expect them to be used in militia service.” Lady, what are you smoking? And what happened to Pam Bondi’s Second Amendment & Civil Rights […] Read More

Administration The White House reportedly will propose that Congress cut funding for the ATF from $1.625 billion (!) to roughly $1.2 billion in fiscal 2026 by cutting funding for ATF offices that have criminalized law-abiding gun ownership through regulatory fiat. This would be the agency’s lowest budget since at least 2016. Keep cutting. The US Department of Justice has upended […] Read More

Plinko de Mayo Aguila Ammunition announced the third anniversary of Plinko de Mayo, a unique holiday celebrating Mexican heritage and the joy of informal target shooting, also known as “plinking.” On May 5th, shooters are invited to join the festivities and experience the thrill of plinking in this fun-filled celebration. Administration The BATFE has changed its policy on monitoring non-suspect […] Read More

Apparently Kamala’s gun has been found. Administration ATF is continuing to clean house. They’re gonna need a bulldozer for that. Yes, they are out to get you. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents from the Biden administration Wednesday, revealing how “domestic terrorism” was used as a pretext to attempt to curb gun rights and target “misinformation.” DOJ cancels […] Read More

Today is Good Friday.  Sunday is Easter.  Thank you Jesus. John 14:6. Patriots Day Tomorrow (4/19). Sadly, also this week. Litigation Suppressors and the NFA. The US Third Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Lara v. Commissioner Pennsylvania State Police upheld a district court injunction against arresting 18-20 year-olds openly carrying during a state of emergency, holding that “18-to-20 […] Read More

Housekeeping Our apologies for the late newsletter. Sometimes you get what you pay for… Administration FBI Director Kash Patel has been removed as the Acting Director of the BATFE and replaced by Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll, who will continue to serve as Army Secretary while he also oversees the ATF as Acting Director. Apparently Patel had actually been […] Read More

Trump Talk Last week, President Donald Trump issued an executive order aimed at “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful” that established a D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force that will, among other things, collaborate “with appropriate local government entities to provide assistance to increase the speed and lower the cost of processing concealed carry license requests in the […] Read More

Trump Administration We have reports that FBI/ATF Director Kash Patel is reassigning up to 1,000 ATF agents to the FBI. That’s more than a third of the entire ATF agent workforce and would presumably reduce ATF’s illicit harassment of legitimate FFLs and gun owners. But Patel himself denounced the story as “fake news” in an internal memo to ATF staff, […] Read More

Trumped Robert Leider, a Scalia Law professor & Second Amendment legal expert, has officially replaced Pamela Hicks as ATF’s new Chief Counsel and is listed as Assistant Director. This looks outstanding. The Trump administration removed a ludicrous Biden-era surgeon general’s advisory on the alleged public health effects of “gun violence” and a similar webpage from the Department of Health and […] Read More

Litigation The US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals erroneously ruled this week in United States v. Rush that short-barreled rifles can still be restricted under the National Firearms Act. Fifth Circuit Gives Trump Opportunity to Act on Suppressors. Firearms Policy Coalition has asked the US Supreme Court to hear its Worth v. Jacobson case, agreeing with the State of Minnesota […] Read More