Jeff Pittman's Second Amendment News from Mississippi & Beyond

************************* NRA corruption verdict. You’ve undoubtedly heard that the 6-member New York civil trial jury found the NRA and its leadership liable for mismanagement: The jury found against NRA, the corporation, on all counts, from failure to properly administer, to properly manage its assets, to whistleblower violations. This makes appointment of a monitor almost certain. Against former Executive Vice President […] Read More

Litigation UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Why this word is showing up in more court rulings. Workman. I am not a lawyer. But for what it’s worth, I disagree with the Supreme Court’s assertion that “the government must demonstrate that the regulation is consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation.” Because, just because the government has a long history of trampling civil […] Read More

Action Item The NFL, NHL, MLB, MLS, NBA and NASCAR have been recruited by Chuckie Schumer to lobby for the Undetectable Firearms Act’s reauthorization. You can add your name to GOA’s pre-written letter to sports league officials to tell them to keep their hands off of our Second Amendment rights, here. Event The 2024 BamaCarry ninth annual “Firearms Freedom Conference” […] Read More

Action Items Add your name to GOA’s pre-written letter urging your US Representative and two Senators to stop the reauthorization of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 (UFA), which otherwise expires soon. The UFA bans the manufacture, sale, or import of any firearm that a metal detector cannot detect, and the Biden Administration has shown a willingness to weaponize the […] Read More

Litigation U.S. District Judge Glenn T. Suddaby of the Northern District of New York has granted a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to the Second Amendment Foundation and its partners in a challenge of a public housing authority gun ban in Cortland, N.Y. The case is known as Hunter v. Cortland Housing Authority. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez in […] Read More

Litigation USPS on its unconstitutional gun ban policy. (The district court’s ruling (pdf link) only applies to the defendant in the case, and did not include an injunction against enforcement of the law against other Americans.) The “Chevron defense” cases now being heard at SCOTUS. Very important. A 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel in Pennsylvania ruled 2-1 last […] Read More

Action Item In order to stop the permanent reauthorization of the Plastic Gun Ban and defund the anti-gunners at the ATF, GOA has changed its grassroots strategy by sending separate letters to Republican and Democrat members of Congress, based on their support of or opposition to the effort. You can add your name here. There are several letters to scroll […] Read More

Action Item Both the U.S. House and Senate passed bipartisan amendments to H.R. 4366 to repeal the Veteran Gun Ban, but anti-gun extremists are plotting to remove that amendment as Congress negotiates the final passage of the bill. The provision in question lists honorable veterans as prohibited persons simply because they appointed a fiduciary to handle their veteran’s benefits for […] Read More