Comments on: Second Amendment Issues in Mississippi

By: Selling, Giving, or Lending Guns to Minors or Drunks

Selling, Giving, or Lending Guns to Minors or Drunks — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:41:59 +0000

[...] have discussed Mississippi’s rich firearms tradition. Guns are with us to stay, thanks to a couple of recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court. [...]

By: Mississippi Hunting Under the Influence | Mississippi Criminal Defense Blog

Mississippi Hunting Under the Influence | Mississippi Criminal Defense Blog — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:40:52 +0000

[...] I have discussed the state of Mississippi’s rich tradition with firearms and hunting here, and, congnizant of the unpredictable and dangerous results of mixing alcohol and [...]

By: Supreme Court Decision Impacts Gun Rights | Mississippi Criminal Defense Blog

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:38:55 +0000

[...] big victory for gun owners. The first came in 2008, and I previously posted on that decision here. The first decision basically resolved the arguments that had been going on forever about [...]

By: clarence

clarence — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:47:29 +0000

I think you might be onto something. There are a few forums in this state where it might be, dare I say, “worth a shot.”

By: Jim Craig

Jim Craig — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:27:41 +0000

Congratulations, I think!

I was wondering, just as it’s currently impermissible to comment on a defendant’s exeercise of his Fifth Amendment right not to testify, can it now be impermissible to comment on a defendant’s Second Amendment right to bear arms?

Prosecutor: Officer, what happened next?

Officer: Then the defendant pulled out his pistol, and . . .

Mr. Guthrie: OBJECTION, Your Honor, and move for mistrial. The State has commented on my client’s Second Amendment rights.

Judge: I’ll have to sustain that objection, counsel. Officer, give that man back his Nine and set him free . . .