Monday, February 12, 2024

JSU Locked Down

Jackson State University went into lockdown after a man carrying an AR-15-style firearm was seen walking near campus. 




41 comments:

Anonymous said...

They need to find this thug and lock him up! It's against the law to have a firearm on campus! We must stop these fools from all of the crazy things they are doing!

Anonymous said...

with the tac sling and front sight as well looks like

I cant hit the broad side of a barn with iron sights

Anonymous said...

I thought we were an open carry state

Anonymous said...

Not an assault rifle. Can’t stand that terminology.

Anonymous said...

open carrying is legal in MS

Anonymous said...

There goes that old gun crime again. If that gun hadn’t got out of the closet walked on campus none of this would have happened

Anonymous said...

Guess the JSU Police went into lock down as well.

Anonymous said...

On that campus one needs protection.

Anonymous said...

According to the media all rifles are "assault" rifles. Apparently there is no such thing as a "non-assault" rifle, or just a "rifle."

According to federal statute, an "assault" rifle is a fully-automatic military weapon.

Anonymous said...

Looks like he went to the gun show.

Anonymous said...

Can a person with enhanced carry permit take a firearm on a campus? Also, it says this was near campus. Not on campus.

Anonymous said...

Folks can say whatever they like. If that is an AR-15. It shouldn't be in the hands of a crazy person walking across JSU. What is he thinking? He might say he is Deer hunting, but I would want to be on the jury hearing that evidence.

Looks like it's going to be a bad day to be a JSU cop, or Jackson City police officer, or Capitol District police officer, or Highway Patrol officer. Hopefully if folks die today, it will only be him.

Anonymous said...

I certainly may be incorrect about this, but it may be illegal to carry a personal firearm on campus.

Anonymous said...

12:23 true, but campuses are one of the places exempted from being allowed to carry.

Anonymous said...

AR- 15 is a legal firearm. It is not an fully automatic.

Anonymous said...



If he has an enhanced carry permit, he has every right to carry that on campus

45-9-101 (13) of the MS code

Anonymous said...

Just another dem false flag sans the crisis actors of a faux mass shooting. This will allow mayor gumflap to whine about the gun shows and open carry laws to deflect from the policy failures of the democrat party.

Anonymous said...

Looks like constitutional open carry to me.

Anonymous said...

Miss Code 45-9-101(13) and (24) establishes open carry but prohibits it from applying at schools / colleges. So no - this guy is not good to go under the open carry laws.

Anonymous said...

Campus PoPo hid behind bushes waiting for further instruction.

So, someone saw him, too, a cell photo and notified authorities, probably thru use of 911. 911 operator notified JSU police who notified whoever puts out alerts to the student body.

Meanwhile it would have taken all of 45 seconds to commandeer this fellow and secure him in the back seat of a police vehicle.

Anonymous said...

Not sure of the effective date of open carry in MS, but didn't Melton get in hot water with his holstered sidearm on MC campus?

Anonymous said...

Get this guy a booster, nothing to see here.

Anonymous said...

As is the case with many laws, the open carry law may have some unintended consequences.

Anonymous said...

Capitol Police needs to take over security for JSU.

Anonymous said...

To be fair, I don’t like going downtown without my AR either

Anonymous said...

Dude was just protecting himself. I carry everywhere

Anonymous said...

The JPD chief has three kids in school there, and thus the JPD had a huge presence. That man may in fact have an enhanced CCW permit which makes it perfectly legal to carry on campus, but I suspect that he wasn't actually on the campus proper.

He is lucky that he wasn't approached by the "campus cops" or JPD, as listening to the chief on they news they were all locked and loaded, with a little confirmation bias attached.

Anonymous said...

Regardless of how you feel this guy did not break any laws. He was not on campus. He was on a public sidewalk. His weapon was pointed muzzle down. He never threatened anyone. In fact if more people carried the felons would stop shooing everything up. Dude is exercising his 2nd amendment right. Carry on....

Anonymous said...

Under Andy Gibson's law written in 2012, enhanced carry holders can open carry on university campuses.

Anonymous said...

I am not aware of any Mississippi law prohibiting "open-carry." Not saying there isn't one, just that I'm not aware of it.

If anyone wants to read the Mississippi concealed-carry laws for themselves, here they are:

45-9-101(13) sets out the limitations on a license to concealed-carry.

97-37-7(2) is the enhanced concealed-carry statute. It removes all but a few of the restricted places listed in 45-9-101(13).

45-9-101(24) says a license is not required "for a loaded or unloaded pistol or revolver to be carried upon the person in a sheath, belt holster or shoulder holster or in a purse, handbag, satchel, other similar bag or briefcase or fully enclosed case if the person is not engaged in criminal activity other than a misdemeanor traffic offense"

But then there's 97-37-1, which says "Except as otherwise provided in Section 45-9-101, any person who carries, concealed on or about one’s person . . . shall, upon conviction, be punished as follows . . . "

Then there's the Mississippi Constitution, Art. 3, § 12. It says "The right of every citizen to keep and bear arms . . . shall not be called in question, but the Legislature may regulate or forbid carrying concealed weapons."

So, is it legal to carry a concealed firearm in Mississippi without a license?Who the hell knows? Certainly not the f-ed up legislature.

Anonymous said...

I would make a large wager that this is not just some law abiding citizen “exercising his 2nd Amendment rights”. I don’t know anyone who is a normal productive citizen who walks around with a rifle. We carry pistols because it’s convenient to do so while being busy with work and other things. He is either crazy or a thug or both.

Anonymous said...

Enhanced carry only applies to concealed pistols. Read the law - rifles are not mentioned. I guarantee this guy did not pay the fees and do the paperwork to get his concealed carry license, never mind pay for the class and attend to get the EC endorsement.

This is a thug and everyone knows it. These animals are out of control.

Anonymous said...

Fully legal behavior - and they know it. That's why nothing was done.

Anonymous said...

JSU is the only truly urban campus in Mississippi. A person having no business at the university can walk the sidewalks on the perimeter of the campus which also serve many of the the classroom buildings without entering the campus proper. JSU cannot regulate those persons. It's always been a problem for JSU security.

Wyatt Earp said...

Do all you people quoting the law on concealed carry/enhanced permit not realize there is a difference between concealed carry and open carry. This is open carry. Doesn’t matter what the concealed carry law says. Look at the law on open carry.

He is legal.

Anonymous said...

@4:39 AM "Enhanced carry only applies to concealed pistols" AND REVOLVERS. IFIFY.

Pistols and revolvers are two different firearms, just like "shell casings" are exclusively from shotguns and "bullet casings" are exclusively from rifles, pistols, and revolvers.

Anonymous said...

What’s next? An affinity tag reading “Thee, I shoot”?

Anonymous said...

I don't own a gun but I am pro-gun rights.

You will never govern the guns out of the hands of lunatics.

Crazy people will steal a gun without hesitation if they want one.
Only sane people obey laws.
And sane people aren't the ones you have to worry about.

Anonymous said...

"....seen walking NEAR campus" Nothing happened. Move on.

Anonymous said...

"...the only truly urban university..."

Really? I think you meant to say, "the only truly urban HBCU in Mississippi". The rest of the universities are just as urban as is JSU.

Anonymous said...

11:34 Ole Miss, MSU, USM, Delta State, urban? I think not. Georgia State that's an urban campus. Closest to it might be JSU.


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