Jackson Jambalaya

What is it they say about victory having a thousand fathers? Our little friend Noel Fritsch apparently thinks Representative Andy Gipson is "anti-gun". He even said so in this email that was sent out to his supporters yesterday. Andy Gipson. Anti-gun. Think about that one for a second.



Dear xxxx,

Hats off to you!

Thanks to your hard work, the politicians in Jackson were forced to give gun owners a small step forward in restoring and protecting the Second Amendment.

It's no secret Mississippi Gun Rights has been working to pass Constitutional Carry this year.

You would think the politicians could recognize that folks in Mississippi won't compromise when it comes to their gun rights.

Sadly that's not the case.

Anti-gun Rep. Andy Gipson and anti-gun Senators Briggs Hopson and Sean Tindell conspired together to kill Constitutional Carry in closed committee without so much as a vote.

This solid pro-gun bill is designed to ensure that no one is treated like a criminal simply for exercising their right to self-defense.

Law-abiding people shouldn’t be forced to get a government permit before they can defend themselves. Constitutional Carry says that if you can legally own a firearm, you can legally carry it without a permit.

After killing Constitutional Carry, Gipson, Tindell and their cronies are terrified you’ll find out, so they decided to throw gun owners a bone by convening a conference committee to allow "bag carry."

Governor Phil Bryant will sign this "bag carry" bill into law because of the strong grassroots pressure Mississippi Gun Rights brought to bear on the political class in Jackson.

Under the new “bag carry” law, you won’t have to get a permit to carry a firearm in a brief case, bag or purse.

It’s a small step forward, and one you deserve full credit for achieving.

The conference committee formed by Lt. Gov. Reeves and Speaker Phil Gunn added "bag carry" language into a bill that was going to decrease the fees on permits from $100 to $80.

Apparently they decided the state had collected too much of Mississippians' money, charging us $100 for the “privilege” of carrying our own firearms.

Lt. Gov. Reeves was so proud of this slight fee reduction back in January he even made it a centerpiece of his legislative agenda for 2015.

Unbelievably, some politicians took to social media to brag about how proud they were to join leadership in continuing to charge Mississippians for their right to carry!

Make no mistake: a fee reduction for the concealed carry permit is not a bad thing.

But it is outrageous that the politicians in Jackson think they should be praised for forcing you to pay $80 and jump through hoop after hoop just to exercise your right to bear arms.

That’s why we will continue fighting for Constitutional Carry. No one should have to beg government for permission, and then fulfill a laundry-list of bureaucratic requirements, just to defend themselves.

The thousands upon thousands of Mississippi Gun Rights members who created a tidal wave of support for Constitutional Carry deserve full credit for the “bag carry” amendment, a small step in the right direction.

But we're not there yet.

As long as politicians like Any Gipson and Sean Tindell think they can kill solid pro-gun legislation like Constitutional Carry, our gun rights are not safe in Mississippi.

Let's press forward to defend the Second Amendment.

In Liberty,

Signature
Noel Fritsch
State Director


Miles Davis was once playing a gig at the Blackhawk in San Francisco.  Some silly woman kept yelling at him to play a certain song.  Actually a stupid woman because one didn't demand anything of Miles Davis.  She got so rude and obnoxious that he had her thrown out of the club.  He played the song- after she was removed from the premises.

To say these legislators were terrified is laughable. What Andy Gipson did was kill Noel Fritsch's little bill after these clowns tried to bully their way through the legislature.  He then waited til the last second and stuffed his own language making it easier (primarily for women) to carry a handgun for self-protection and thus enhancing gun rights.

But yeah, the strongest gun rights supporter in the Mississippi Legislature is somehow "anti-gun".  Just one more colorful lie told by the former Press Secretary for Chris McDaniel.  Just one question: Will he ever attack a Democrat?