Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

March 29, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation You’ve probably heard that the US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary restraining order against enforcement of the ATF’s ban on bump stocks (which took effect this week, creating half a million instant felons) in the case brought by W. Clark Aposhian. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has done […] Read More

March 22, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MS legislation update HB 390 Rep. Bounds Passed into law. Effective July 1. Clarifies that LEOs under state law or retired LEOs under federal law may be members of an armed church security program, and are eligible for the civil immunity provided under the law. School massacre PREVENTION If you read nothing else, read […] Read More

March 15, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Take action on unconstitutional no-due-process federal “red flag” bill. 2019 Mississippi Gun Bills still alive Next deadline is March 28 for concurrence with bill amendments from other house. HB 390 Rep. Bounds Senate-passed version returned to House for concurrence Clarifies that LEOs under state law or retired LEOs under federal law may be […] Read More

March 8, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2019 Mississippi Gun Bills still alive Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. Next deadline is March 13 for floor action on bills originating in other house. Not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. You can read the bills and keep up with their status at https://www.legislature.ms.gov/Pages/default.aspx — Go to Legislation. See All […] Read More

March 1, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Update for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ case of Young v. Hawaii, which challenges Hawaii statutes regulating and restricting carry permits on Second Amendment grounds.

February 22, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Illinois mass shooting You’ve heard about the man who opened fire and killed five co-workers at an Aurora, IL, (Chicago) factory. It turns out that the perpetrator was a prohibited person with six reported arrests (but no reported convictions) over the years in Aurora and a 1995 felony conviction for aggravated assault in […] Read More

February 15, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman MS Legislation update. Apologies to list members not in Mississippi. I missed a few bills in my previous reports, probably due to their not being posted on the legislature’s website at the time I compiled my report. Here’s my latest status report. Still not guaranteed to be complete, or even completely accurate. The […] Read More

February 8, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman 2019 Tactical Games This month in Meridian, MS Litigation Pro-Second Amendment ruling in US District Court in PA (more details here). Note that one of the litigating attorneys, Adam Krout, is a recommended candidate for NRA Board of Directors in the current election. The US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California has […] Read More

February 1, 2019 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman We see the Left’s complaints that the government “shutdown” cost some $11 billion and whining that $3 billion of it cannot be recouped. But when the government’s open it spent $4.11 trillion (2018 annual), which equates to almost $400 billion over a 35 day average. Maybe we should shut it down a lot […] Read More