Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

Litigation U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, has granted a preliminary injunction (pdf link) against the federal government’s enforcement of the final rule regarding partially manufactured firearm parts and kits in a case known as VanDerStok v. Garland, which challenged the authority of the Justice Department and ATF to regulate items […] Read More

Bad Justice System The American Bar Association’s Plea Bargain Task Force revealed in a new report (pdf link) last week that 98% of federal criminal cases end in plea bargains rather than a trial. This is a problem. First, innocent people are taking plea deals because of corrupt cops and prosecutors who shouldn’t have brought charges in the first place, […] Read More

Judiciary About those Kavanaugh hearings. You won’t see this in the lamestream media. Oregon judge unhinged, saying concern over out Second Amendment rights is “an antisemitic and racist conspiracy theory.” Take action here. Litigation The Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and the District of the Virgin Islands) has agreed to hear en banc the […] Read More

Litigation U.S. ConstitutionArticle ISection 1: Congress “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” I don’t see the ATF or any other administrative agency in there. Over half of the states’ attorneys general agree and are suing the ATF. Gun Owners of America […] Read More

Litigation A panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled (pdf link) last week that it is unconstitutional for a state to ban a person under a domestic violence protection order from possessing firearms, saying, “The question presented in this case is not whether prohibiting the possession of firearms by someone subject to a domestic violence restraining […] Read More

Litigation In Illinois after the passage of the new state gun ban, the Crawford County state-level case was moved from state court to the federal U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois last week, the Illinois State Police motioned to consolidate Langley et al v. Kelly et al. with three other cases filed in federal court: Illinois State […] Read More

Housekeeping If you did not receive the 2A News Special Edition concerning Mississippi legislation on Wednesday night, check your spam folder. Legislation U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) and a group of House Republicans have introduced legislation to repeal the unconstitutional National Firearms Act of 1934 after nearly a century of abuse. Good luck with that. Litigation Texas Attorney General Ken […] Read More

Litigation Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas warn that New York’s sweeping new gun control law raises serious constitutional questions despite the high court’s decision not to intercede while court challenges play out. Well, duh. The Second Amendment Foundation, joined with the Illinois State Rifle Association, Firearms Policy Coalition, C4 Gun Store LLC, Marengo Guns, Inc. and a […] Read More

Litigation You’ve probably heard that the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down the federal bump stock ban in a 13-3 en banc panel ruling. The court overturned a December 2021 panel ruling in favor of the ban. It found the Trump-era rule created by the ATF violates the Administrative Procedure Act because it (clearly) goes against the […] Read More