Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

June 23, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Housekeeping Please remind your friends that the 2A News sent by Juno email no longer works, but they can re-subscribe at 2anews.net.  Thanks. Dealing with the Media Dealing with Media for Firearms Instructors Additional points: NRA has a seminar on this. Use the opportunity to talk about YOUR topic, not necessarily to answer […] Read More

June 16, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman US Rep. shot in Virginia; massacre prevented by good guys with guns When US House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA), 51, and at least four others were shot by a man with a rifle and a handgun who fired what was reported to be dozens of (perhaps a hundred) shots over a 5-to-10-minute […] Read More

June 2, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Gunwalker The ATF is still giving out guns to criminals.  Now in Florida. Litigation US District Court Judge John Gibney, Jr. of the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled in favor of talking twithead Katie Couric in the lawsuit against her for her creative editing of an anti-gun “documentary.”  The Virginia Citizens Defense […] Read More

May 26, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Memorial Day Monday we observe Memorial Day. Remember what it means. Litigation The Tenth US Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a misdemeanor conviction of domestic violence under a city ordinance doesn’t disqualify one from owning guns under the federal law that prohibits someone from owning a gun if they’ve been convicted […] Read More

May 19, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi has found that Leaf River Cellulose in New Augusta, MS, is liable to Joseph Parker for terminating him for lawfully having a firearm in in his locked, private vehicle in the employer’s parking lot. Such termination is in violation of Mississippi […] Read More

May 12, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Litigation MS Supreme Court reviewing judge’s overreaching courthouse gun-ban order. Steyr Arms claims that it had the idea (and patent) for a modular pistol chassis first, and that Sig Sauer infringed on its patent with the production of Sig’s P320 and P250 series handguns without a license. Steyr Arms has filed suit against […] Read More

May 5, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman New MS AG opinion on carry law “If we assumed that all MDOT facilities were not locations listed in Section 45-9-101(13) [of the MS Code], then it would be our opinion that MDOT could, by signage alone, keep all concealed carriers off its property… …If, however, the location is not listed in Section […] Read More

April 28, 2017 Newsletter by Jeff Pittman Surgeon General Out President Trump has fired gun-banner Dr. Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General. The news release said he was asked to resign, then relieved of his duties, effective immediately. Murthy often used his office to shill for unconstitutional gun control. Amen. ATF reverses itself yet again on pistol “stabilizing braces” used as […] Read More