Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

More ATF overreach The Justice Department has published a new federal gun control rule requiring FFLs to have gun storage or safety devices available onsite for potential buyers. According to the department, a secure gun storage device is defined as “a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box or other device that is designed to be or can be used […] Read More

Litigation Unconstitutional trespassing and searches The Firearms Policy Coalition is asking the United States Supreme Court to strike down Maryland’s unconstitutional ban on so-called “assault weapons.” Courts President Biden has made more judicial nominations in his first year in office (73) than did Donald Trump (72). The Senate has so far confirmed forty of these, which is double what Trump […] Read More

Reminder: No newsletter next week. Merry Christmas, yawl. NRA updates Directors put on notice. New York AG’s Suit To Dissolve NRA Highlights Critical Reminders for Nonprofit Boards Document List In NY Case Litigation We wrote last week about the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals letting stand the Trump administration’s bump stock ban, and this week a panel of the […] Read More

Litigation The 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has affirmed – by a tie 8-8 vote – the ruling of a lower court judge who upheld the Trump administration’s federal ban on “bump stock” devices in 2019. The court sided with the administration’s argument that the ban falls within the scope of alleged authority Congress gave federal agencies to regulate […] Read More

Housekeeping I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving holiday. Due to the holiday, therapy days, and mostly due to AT&T’s dismal failure to provide basic internet and phone service for a week, this newsletter is shorter than it would have been. Litigation The families of most of those killed and wounded in the 2018 Florida high school massacre have reached […] Read More

Litigation City of Washington, D.C., backs down in face of legal challenge to its “ghost gun” ban. Appeals court hears challenge to school ban on gun T-shirts Fibbies FBI Admits It Is Often Wrong On Gun Related Background Check Denials The Only Ones Back in August, when two teenage boys exchanged gunfire in a grudge match outside a high school […] Read More

Housekeeping I am planning to skip the 2A Newsletter on Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks. F-Troop Update on comments about stabilizing braces and unfinished receivers Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz said this week that ATF’s failure to properly secure a federal firearms destruction facility allowed a contracted security guard to steal guns, thousands of gun parts and ammunition from […] Read More

Veterans Day is Thursday. Don’t forget. Thank you, veterans. The Invisible Veterans: Dickens, Tapley & Lieutenant Dan Fast & Furious: the gift that keeps on giving Mexican Journalists are Asking ATF “Gunwalker” Questions Litigation SCOTUS heard oral arguments in the big New York gun carry rights case NYSRPA v. Bruen this week. Reports indicate the court (including liberal Chief Justice […] Read More

Housekeeping We skipped the 2A Newsletter last week, due to a schedule conflict. It’s also possible that next week’s newsletter may be abbreviated, off schedule, or missed, due to a surgery in the family. Hey, if you don’t like it ask for a refund. Litigation SCOTUS gun cases discussion In an interesting aside, Tom Gresham informs us that if SCOTUS […] Read More

GRPC Did you miss the Gun Rights Policy Conference? Here ya go. NRA NRA Executive Vice President/CEO Wayne LaPierre was re-elected 44-2 (with 3 abstentions) by secret ballot of the NRA Board of Directors at their meeting last weekend. LaPierre acolytes Charles Cotton, Lt. Col. Willes K. Lee (ret.), and David Coy were elected President, First Vice President, and Second […] Read More