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Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 16, 2022

Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus calls for ban on high-capacity rifles

The overwhelming majority Democrat group says such power should be reserved for trained police and military only. Mississippi’s Legislative Black Caucus is calling for Congress to ban high-capacity rifles. That’s the word from MLBC chair State Senator Angela Turner Ford as Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate are negotiating on a gun package. All…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
June 15, 2022

Compromise gun deal in U.S. Senate announced. What’s in it and what’s not?

Mississippi Senators Wicker, Hyde-Smith await actual bill language before committing, wary of infringing on constitutional rights. Over the weekend, 10 Republican U.S. Senators joined with 10 of their Democrat colleagues to unveil a tentative compromise agreement on gun control legislation in the wake of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting. Closed door meetings between the parties…