Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

Legislation (see MS bills at bottom of newsletter) U.S. Senator Richard “Dick” Durbin (D-IL) has announced that passing gun control will be a top priority for the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he now chairs. Gun bills in Congress. Take action against possible Red Flag laws in your state. NRA Like it or not, the biggest ally gun owners have on […] Read More

Action Items Democrats in the U.S. Senate are trying to eliminate the filibuster rule – a procedure that effectively requires senators to first obtain 60 votes (out of 100) before they can move legislation. With the Democrats in control of the House, Senate, and Presidency, the filibuster may be our last recourse to prevent passage of bad federal legislation including gun […] Read More

NRA You’ve undoubtedly heard the news that the NRA’s embattled and some say corrupt EVP Wayne LaPierre has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy (reorganization) petitions for the NRA in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Dallas, in an attempt to move it to Texas. But one source says it’s against the law for any New York-based charity to dissolve and regroup in […] Read More

Inauguration Don’t. Just don’t. Delta Air Lines is “temporarily” prohibiting flyers from checking firearms with their stored luggage on flights to Washington, D.C. area airports, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. That presumably includes residents of the area who may be attempting to come home, along with their legally-transported guns, on previously-purchased return tickets. At least some National Guard troops […] Read More

Attaboy Hero. Just in time for Christmas. Happy New Year, everyone. Media Note: If you read a media headline or hear a story blurb which contains an adjective, it’s not likely to be news, or even factual. It’s certainly not journalism. Actual Fox News headline: “Violence soars in Portland after defunding of police there” Well, duh. In other news, water […] Read More

Housekeeping Remember, there may be little or no 2A News for the next two weeks due to holidays and laziness. Merry Christmas y’all. Georgia Did you send some money to help with the U.S. Senate runoffs in Georgia? Yes, you will get a bunch of spam emails if you donate. Doesn’t matter. Donate anyway. It seems to be helping. Support […] Read More

Georgia Don’t forget to donate generously to the Republican side of the U.S. Senate races in Georgia. Give ’til it hurts. The Second Amendment Comes Down To Two Senators From Georgia Support – David Perdue Support – Kelly Loeffler New administration President-elect Joe Biden has selected California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. […] Read More

Holidays We took a couple days off last week for Thanksgiving. (Can you take off when you’re retired?) Hope everyone had a good one. And don’t expect a newsletter on Christmas or New Year’s Day either! On Bein’ Thankful [American Handgunner] Speaking of holidays, some staff members at an Ohio nursing home dressed as deer (sort of), and invited residents […] Read More

Election In the Mississippi Supreme Court race between Justice Kenny Griffis and Judge Latrice Westbrooks for the District 1, Position 1 seat, Y’all Politics has called it in favor of Griffis, because there are only 1,800 or so ballots left uncounted and YP says “Judge Westbrooks is unlikely to overcome [Griffis’] nearly 15,000 vote lead. Would you like to vote […] Read More