Posted May 4, 2020 3:55 pm by Comments

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Jackson Mississippi continues to deal with politicians who see their rights as a nuisance.

U.S.A. -(AmmoLand.com)- Popular wisdom holds that crisis reveals character –nothing brings out the true nature of a person more than having to rise to face the challenges of an unexpected disaster or emergency. Our current pandemic has already revealed a fair share of heroes and fools.

On April 24, Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, released a video advising that he had signed an “executive order” suspending “the open carry law during the COVID-19 civil emergency.”(This order followed his earlier “stay home” orders directing city residents to cease all nonessential travel and activities).

In the video, he refers to several violent crimes in Jackson that “could have been avoided if we had a state law that enabled us to better control the presence of firearms on our streets.”He cited, as the authority for his order, a state statute that gave him the discretion, “in the interest of public safety and welfare, to issue such orders that are necessary for the protection of life and property.”A screenshot shows Mississippi Code §45-17-7 (although an earlier version …Read the Rest

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