Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
The US District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Western Division ruled in Messmer v. Harrison last week that North Carolina may not discriminate against permanent resident noncitizens in issuing licenses to carry concealed guns. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/04/messmer.pdf
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Friedman v. Highland Park (Chicago, IL suburb) A three-judge panel of the US 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote in Friedman v. Highland Park, to erroneously uphold Highland Park’s illegal 2013 ban on evil black rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 cartridges, because “If it has no other effect, Highland Park’s ordinance may increase
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“The PRIVILEGE* to carry a concealed weapon is extended to law-abiding gun owners. It just makes sense that they should be able to exercise that freedom in states that also ALLOW* concealed carry permits.” — US Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) “The plan takes great care to respect state sovereignty while upholding Americans’ constitutional RIGHT* to keep and bear arms.” —
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A long-time employee at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, NC, was shot and killed this week in the third floor bathroom of a campus building, sending the gun-free campus into a lockdown as officials failed to find the suspect, who was later captured sleeping on the beach in FL. Neither the school’s gun free zone policies nor its security officers
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Car ban Did you see the video of the cop who ran over the violent crime spree suspect with his cruiser? Funny how the leftists aren’t calling for a ban on assault cars now. About Gun Trusts — details here. Codrea’s Law: “Anyone who can’t be trusted with a gun can’t be trusted without a custodian.” I just found
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Quiet, boys! Gemtech has teamed up with Sturm, Ruger & Co. to provide 25,000 rounds of subsonic .22 ammo, 8 suppressors and 10 Ruger All American .22 LR rifles to Camp William Hinds in Raymond, ME, to help mitigate noise on the range during summer camp activities for Boy Scouts, Venture Scouts and Cub Scouts earning their firearms qualifications and
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A federal judge in Kansas City, MO, has given preliminary approval to the class-action settlement proposal involving approximately 7.85 million allegedly defective Remington bolt action firearms. Under the proposed settlement, Remington will offer to replace the trigger systems with a different trigger, free of charge. Remington continues to insist the guns are safe, and claims all the unintentional firing incidents
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Colt Defense LLC has been working on its troubled finances with a “repacking” of Colt’s debt to prevent either a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy filing. If successful, Colt should be able to look forward instead of constantly worrying about its snowballing debt obligations. Colt apparently does intend to stay in the game.
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