Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Backs Down, Won’t Renew Order Banning Open Carry

Posted By: admin May 1, 2020

Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba and Michael Bloomberg (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Jackson, Mississippi Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba issued an executive order a week ago banning open carry in his city. Lumumba used two shootings involving children as justification for the move, even though neither instance involved the open carry of firearms. He also claimed open carry made policing more difficult. Mississippi has a preemption law that […]

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