Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

Litigation SCOTUS to cops: Stop trespassing into houses and seizing guns without warrants. Supreme Court Blocks Police From Entering Homes Without A Warrant For ‘Caretaking’—Siding Against Biden, Law Enforcement [Forbes] Taking Advantage of a Shift in the Landscape, Caniglia v. Strom [Ammoland] NRA Report Why I use the NRA as a case study for how nonprofits shouldn’t operate [The Conversation] Misplaced […] Read More

You can’t fix stupid.  You can’t vaccinate it either.   Legislation As expected, the ATF has proposed a new rule redefining what a “firearm” is, which is not the same as the definition in federal law. A law professor says the new “ghost gun” regulation may be illegal. But since the underlying federal gun laws are unconstitutional in the first […] Read More

Litigation Making More Sense of the Limited Certiorari Grant in NYS Rifle & Pistol Association v. Corlett The U.S. Supreme Court is declining to take up a challenge to Maryland’s ban on bump stocks and similar devices. That means the ban will stand. For now. “Slate” still getting it wrong. NRA-backed litigation report Legislation More federal gun control proposed Restoring […] Read More

Litigation SCOTUS to Decide First-Ever Gun-Carry Case: NYSRPA v. Keith M. Corlett, Superintendent of New York State Police. BUT the Court only granted review to a limited question presented: “Whether the State’s denial of petitioners’ applications for concealed-carry licenses for self-defense violated the Second Amendment.” FPC sues Tennessee over gun rights of 18-20 year-olds. An Illinois Circuit Court judge has […] Read More

Sadly, it is now past time to refresh the tree of liberty. Action item: Say no to D.C. statehood. Note that the U.S. Senate exists to represent STATES, not cities or people. If the true concern were representation in Congress, the constitutional approach would be for Congress to return the District’s residential areas to Maryland, following the precedent, set in […] Read More

Housekeeping My apologies for the missed newsletter last week. We had a failure of our phone line, DSL and electricity. It seems that AT&T and Entergy aren’t very good at providing utilities. But it’s funny how they always manage to get their bills here. NRA updates New website about the debacle Sixteen other state attorneys general have accused New York […] Read More

Easter Today is Good Friday and Sunday is Easter. God has blessed us. Let’s act like it. ………. “The right to self-defense does not depend on statistics.” And don’t get in the weeds arguing about that. However, since you asked, look at “That Time The CDC Asked About Defensive Gun Uses.” ………. Banking updates The Wells Fargo board of directors […] Read More

Litigation California Forced to Comply in Sharp v. Becerra Rifle Registration Case Not really a win, since the gun registration scheme is an unconscionable infringement on people’s rights in the first place. The Second Amendment Foundation, joined by the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs, Inc., the New Jersey Second Amendment Society, the Coalition of New Jersey Firearms […] Read More

Choking We have a report that Operation Choke Point is back — financial institutions, under pressure from the federal government, are refusing or terminating service to gun related businesses. NRA debacle update Last week’s emergency meeting of the NRA board was canceled, reportedly because of “multiple Covid exposures” to several people necessary to operate the meeting. Or maybe it was […] Read More

Biden’s appointments Judiciary Interior One commentator asks why President Biden has gone longer in the White House without taking questions from the press than any Chief Executive in recent memory. Maybe because he doesn’t have any answers? Joe Biden: not the smartest rock in the box. This is a real video with real quotes. #prayforAmerica pic.twitter.com/0XvX6rn09l — Scott Fishman (@ScottFishman) […] Read More