Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
Seven Taliban gunmen stormed a military-run school in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar this week, killing 141 people, mostly civilian children and teenage students. Although run by the military, early reports seem to indicate that the armed army was not present at the onset of the attack, and arrived later from outside. The 7 attackers, all wearing explosives vests, […]
Pakistan Taliban attack: we could be next Read More »
Remember last time I mentioned that the Demanding Mommies/Everytown’s data claiming 95 school shootings since Newtown was suspect? Well, here’s more on that. And here’s how those stories get started (links to BearingArms.com’s article entitled “AT,” “NEAR,” WHATEVER: CNN, other media manufacturers school shooting in Portland, Oregon”).
School shootings report follow up Read More »
On December 17, pro-Second Amendment candidate Col. Martha McSally (USAF-Ret) (R) was officially declared the winner in the recount of the closely contested race for Arizona’s second congressional district over incumbent pro-gun control Representative Ron Barber (D). Barber previously defeated McSally in a 2012 election for the same seat. Arizona’s second district is gun-banner Gabby Giffords’ former seat, and Barber
AZ election update: McSally wins! Read More »
The CT Supreme Court has ruled that police batons and dirk knives are “arms” protected by the Second Amendment. Well, duh. Read more from The Washington Post: Second Amendment protects dirk knives and police batons
CT Supreme Court: batons & knives protected by 2nd Amendment Read More »
A three-judge panel of the Sixth US Circuit Court of Appeals has unanimously ruled that the federal ban on gun ownership for anyone who has been “adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution” violated the Second Amendment rights of a 73-year-old Michigan man who was briefly committed to a mental institution decades ago.
6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules for the 2nd Amendment Read More »
The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed in Bridgeport Superior Court by the families of nine of the 26 people killed and a teacher injured at the Sandy Hook Elementary School asserts that the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle should not have been made publicly available because it was designed for military use and is unsuited for hunting or home defense. Unsuited
Sandy Hook follow up targets Bushmaster Read More »
The US now has its most anti-gun surgeon general in history. Rabidly anti-gun Dr. Vivek Murthy was confirmed by the lame duck Senate Democrats this week 51-43, proving the voters right. Republican Senator Mark Kirk of Illinois cast the 51st and only Republican “yea” vote. Only 3 Democrats voted against Murthy: Joe Donnelly (IN), Heidi Heitkamp (ND), and Joe Manchin
Surgeon General follow up Read More »
1. All guns are always loaded. 2. Never point your muzzle at anything you do not wish to destroy. 3. Keep your finger off the trigger until your sights are on the target. 4. Always be sure of your target, and what’s beyond it.
4 Rules of Gun Safety Read More »