Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond
The US Supreme Court ruled 9-0 this week in Henderson v. United States that convicted felons may be able to transfer their guns to someone else rather than surrendering them to authorities, siding with a former US Border Patrol agent from Florida convicted on marijuana charges, and overturning the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. The court said […]
Litigation – May 22, 2015 update Read More »
A retired Navy veteran in Arizona whose gun collection had been seized by Glendale, AZ police now has his firearms back as a result of a Second Amendment Foundation supported case. SAF had intervened in the case of Glendale resident Rick Bailey early last month, taking on funding of the case and working with attorney Marc J. Victor. Police confiscated
Justice in Arizona and Ohio + potential SCOTUS review Read More »
Pennsylvania’s Office of Open Records has ordered the City of Harrisburg to hand over to an attorney suing the city, the names, addresses and phone numbers of every donor who contributed to its fund for the legal defense of its gun control ordinances. You may remember the 2013 case of Jared Marcum, a 14-year-old West Virginia eighth grader who wore
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Video — ‘We Don’t Dial 911’ — Legal Problems Caused by Bumper Stickers and Signs
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In March, US District Judge Richard Matsch dismissed the lawsuit brought by the Brady Center on behalf of Lonnie and Sandy Phillips, whose daughter died in the Aurora theater shootings. Judge Matsch also awarded attorneys’ fees to the defendants in the case including Lucky Gunner and Sportsman’s Guide. The Brady Bunch alleged that the respondents failed to properly vet the
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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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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