Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
Apparently its official. Or at least more official than the constant reports we’ve received for the last 25 years. The Pentagon has announced it will actively seek a new manufacturing contract to replace the Beretta M9 as the primary sidearm of the US military. The Pentagon will formally issue the Modular Handgun System solicitation in January.
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Trivia answer to last week’s question: The country music star who was first discovered by Texas Ranger and NRA board member Joaquin Jackson is Johnny Rodriguez. Jackson arrested him for stealing a goat and heard him singing in jail and told a promoter about him. David Allen Coe memorialized the crime in a line in a song.
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The National Association for Gun Rights is again hosting Political Leadership Schools in in Pearl, Vicksburg, and Hattiesburg, MS next Saturday, December 13. $40 ($25 for students): Pearl Vicksburg Hattiesburg
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The US Senate has passed S.2621/H.R.5069, the Federal Duck Stamp Act, which was passed by the House last month, and increases the price of federal duck stamps from $15 to $25 (a whopping 67% increase). The last price increase was in 1991. Meanwhile, there has been no commensurate long-term increase in the opportunity to hunt ducks or in the number
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Charles “Chub” Eastman passed away on Aug. 3 of this year. Chub was a salesman for Winchester in the 70s out of Denver and at the same time he was a competitive trap shooter, winning many awards and was on the 1976 ATA World Record Handicap 27yd Squad. In 1980 Chub joined Leupold & Stevens as their sales manager, and
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Remington is recalling Model 887 shotguns made in the last year [manufactured between December 19, 2013 and November 24, 2014]. I long ago stopped buying Remington centerfire autoloaders due to defective products and poor customer service.
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The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) background check numbers for last weekend confirmed that last (Black) Friday was the second busiest day in NICS history, with 175,754 transactions processed, second only to December 21, 2012. And the National Shooting Sports Foundation reports that 74.66% of those checks used the new E-Check system, indicating support for the E-Check’s more
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Smith and Wesson Holdings Corporation (SWHC), the parent company of Smith & Wesson, has reportedly made a deal to purchase Battenfield Technologies for approximately $130 million. Battenfield Technologies is a Columbia, Missouri-based maker of firearms accessories whose brands include Caldwell, Wheeler Engineering, Tipton Cleaning Supplies, Frankford Arsenal, Bog-Pod, Lockdown, Golden Rod Moisture Control, and Non-Typical Wildlife Solutions. Battenfield was owned
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