Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

Legislation (see MS leg. at bottom of newsletter) NRA, NSSF Warns Dems Could Move On Gun Control Federal lead hunting ammo ban ………. Take action here. And here. ………. NRA Oklahoma invites NRA to move there. I guess that would be “OK.” Meanwhile in this month’s magazine column, NRA EVP Wayne LaPierre (or whoever writes for him) wrote about “dumping […] Read More

SCOTUS and ACB Will Amy Coney Barrett Shake Up The Second Amendment In Her First Year On The Supreme Court? Action item Urge your U.S. Senators to vote “NO” on Biden’s anti-gun nominees. You can edit the text. We note that U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), who serves on the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittee, expressed […] Read More

Legislation Utah and Montana have both passed constitutional carry laws. There are now 18 states that recognize the right of legal gun owners to lawfully bear arms without a government permission slip. Five Gun Control Bills Are More Dangerous Than Sheila Jackson Lee’s Absurd Legislation NRA How to help fix the NRA. Listen to the first ~23 minutes of last […] Read More

Action item Democrats trying to pack the courts. Send letter from here. (Click the “next” button to get to the GOP letter version.) The D.C. Circuit already tilting left. NRA Major NRA donor David Dell’Aquila, who is leading a class action suit over accusations of financial impropriety, says he will request a court-appointed trustee to temporarily oversee operations of the […] Read More

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