Jeff Pittman

April 5, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Personal note Have you ever tried compiling legitimate news items on April 1st? NRA The NRA’s 148th annual meetings will be April 26-28 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis. 80,000 members are expected. If you’ve never been to one of these, go. Trust me. Litigation New Castle County (DE) Superior Court Judge […]

March 29, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation You’ve probably heard that the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the ATF’s ban on bump stocks (which took effect this week, creating half a million instant felons) in the case brought by W. Clark Aposhian. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has done

March 22, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MS legislation update HB 390 Rep. Bounds Passed into law. Effective July 1. Clarifies that LEOs under state law or retired LEOs under federal law may be members of an armed church security program, and are eligible for the civil immunity provided under the law. School massacre PREVENTION If you read nothing else, read

March 15, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Take action on unconstitutional no-due-process federal “red flag” bill. 2019 Mississippi Gun Bills still alive Next deadline is March 28 for concurrence with bill amendments from other house. HB 390 Rep. Bounds Senate-passed version returned to House for concurrence Clarifies that LEOs under state law or retired LEOs under federal law may be

March 8, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2019 Mississippi Gun Bills still alive Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. Next deadline is March 13 for floor action on bills originating in other house. Not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. You can read the bills and keep up with their status at https://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx — Go to Legislation. See All

March 1, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Update for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ case of Young v. Hawaii, which challenges Hawaii statutes regulating and restricting carry permits on Second Amendment grounds.

February 22, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Illinois mass shooting You’ve heard about the man who opened fire and killed five co-workers at an Aurora, IL, (Chicago) factory. It turns out that the perpetrator was a prohibited person with six reported arrests (but no reported convictions) over the years in Aurora and a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in

February 15, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MS Legislation update. Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. I missed a few bills in my previous reports, probably due to their not being posted on the legislature’s website at the time I compiled my report. Here’s my latest status report. Still not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. The