Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

September 1, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman National Security compromised The Muslim Brotherhood* has penetrated every one of our national security agencies, including our intelligence agencies, according to retired Navy admiral James “Ace” Lyons, former commander of the U.S. Pacific fleet.  Adm. Lyons made this startling declaration Jan. 16, 2015 during a conference sponsored by the Center for Security Policy, […] Read More

August 25, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Enhanced MS carry permit class Brookhaven, MS, TOMORROW Operation Chokepoint Terminated Other legislative updates Litigation Uber Driver Sues Uber Over Its No-Guns-In-Private-Vehicles Policy The policy was enacted in an apparent response to a legally armed Uber driver who stopped a massacre in Chicago.  So I suppose one could legitimately conclude that Uber is […] Read More

August 18, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Czechs File Suit Challenging EU Gun Controls Enemies Head Demanding Mommy Shannon Watts tweeted this week that the NRA is responsible for the violence (with a car, not a gun) in Charlottesville, VA, this week. Markos Moulitsas, of The Dialy Kos, tweeted that the NRA are Nazis, literally. List of gun-banning companies […] Read More

August 11, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman More loose ammo Last week we reported on a loose round of ammo going off in the console of a vehicle (https://guntalk.com/news/extras/loose-rounds-your-vehicle-safety issue). This week we have a report and video of a round going off in a pants pocket. Maybe your ammo should be in some sort of carrier or magazine. Should […] Read More

July 28, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation A 3-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of such a requirement in Washington, D.C. The majority opinion, written by Judge Thomas Beall Griffith, said “At the Second Amendment’s core lies the right of responsible citizens to carry firearms […] Read More

July 21, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation The Second Amendment Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit in US District Court for the Western District of Michigan against the head of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) on behalf of four Michigan residents, alleging civil rights violations under color of law for enforcing restrictions on the Second […] Read More

July 14, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation Attorneys for a man arrested in 2012 in Florida have asked the US Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a longstanding Florida law prohibiting people from openly carrying firearms in public. The Florida Supreme Court previously upheld the law. The SCOTUS petition contends the law violates the Second […] Read More

July 7, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Royal Navy An unspecified number of British Royal Navy Special Boat Service sailors were surrounded and ambushed by about 50 ISIS fighters in Iraq when the sailors found that they were out of ammo after killing about 20 of their attackers. So they “went off” on the enemy, vowing to go out fighting […] Read More

June 30, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Housekeeping Sorry about the late newsletter last time folks – my newsletter support staff had a baby. Independence Day coming up My favorite patriotic song and video. Southern Hillbillies. Don’t mess with ’em.  Just don’t. 600 Million Firearms in Law-abiding Hands? THAT’S Freedom!