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Mississippi Open Carry: The 2nd Amendment Is Your Carry Permit


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by AWR Hawkins 13 Sep 2013 208 post a comment
While everyone was watching news in Colorado during the final weeks of the recalls, Mississippi was instituting a new law to allow the open carry of firearms without a concealed carry permit.

House Bill 2 was passed in Mississippi's last legislative session and signed into law by Governor Phil Bryant (R), but put on hold in July when Circuit Judge Winston Kidd issued an injunction to have the legislature "clarify it."
On August 29 the Mississippi Supreme Court "unanimously upheld the... open carry law," setting the stage for it to take effect.
Fox News carried the Mississippi Supreme Court's ruling:

This court now finds that the circuit judge erred as a matter of law when he found House Bill 2 vague, and therefore, unconstitutional. He also erred when he stated that 'a reasonable person reading the bill could not discern what the allows and what it prohibits.'

State representative Andy Gipson (R-Braxton) sponsored House Bill 2. He says the ability of law-abiding citizens to openly carry firearms for self-defense "confirms, in a very real sense, the right to keep and bear arms."
Adding to this, Governor Bryant said House Bill 2 reaffirms the right to keep and bear arms not only as set forth in the Bill of Rights, but also in Mississippi's constitution.

http://www.nraila.org/media/11163727/mshb2explain.pdf

Mississippi: Supreme Court Upholds House Bill 2!

Posted on August 29, 2013

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Today, the Supreme Court of Mississippi unanimously granted the appeal sought by state Attorney General Jim Hood (D) and without further briefing found that Hinds County Circuit Court Judge Winston Kidd erred as a matter of law when he found House Bill 2 to be vague and unconstitutional. The Supreme Court vacated the Circuit Court’s order which had granted the law's opponents injunctive relief, thereby allowing the NRA-backed law to take effect immediately.
Your NRA-ILA, Governor Phil Bryant (R), and a coalition of 80 pro-Second Amendment state legislators, including bill sponsors Representative Andy Gipson (R-Brandon) and Senator Giles Ward (R-Louisville), each submitted separate "friend of the court" briefs in this case last month, supporting House Bill 2. Thank you to the lawmakers who stood up for your rights and congratulations to law-abiding Mississippians, who had to wait nearly two months beyond when this law should have taken effect to see justice finally served.
House Bill 2 clarified the definition of "concealed" and the manner in which firearms may be carried by permit holders and non-permit holders in accordance with Section 12 of the Mississippi Constitution and under the state's carry law. In short, permitees and non-permitees may now carry partially-visible, holstered firearms for personal protection. Click here to view the intent and effects of this legislation as passed and enacted.

http://www.nraila.org/legislation/st...e-bill-2!.aspx