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Miss. high court upholds open-carry gun law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press
August 29, 2013
JACKSON -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the state's open carry-gun law, allowing it to take effect after a circuit judge's order kept it on hold about two months.
Justices ruled unanimously that Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd erred when he found the law vague and therefore unconstitutional.
Earlier this year, legislators passed and Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 2, which says adults don't need a permit to carry a gun that's not concealed.
Several officials, including the Hinds County district attorney, sued to block the law, and Kidd put it on hold just before it was to take effect July 1.
After hearing arguments, Kidd issued an injunction July 12, saying the law was on hold until the Legislature can clarify it.
Justices overturned the injunction Thursday.
Miss. high court upholds open-carry gun law
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press
August 29, 2013
JACKSON -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has upheld the state's open carry-gun law, allowing it to take effect after a circuit judge's order kept it on hold about two months.
Justices ruled unanimously that Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd erred when he found the law vague and therefore unconstitutional.
Earlier this year, legislators passed and Gov. Phil Bryant signed House Bill 2, which says adults don't need a permit to carry a gun that's not concealed.
Several officials, including the Hinds County district attorney, sued to block the law, and Kidd put it on hold just before it was to take effect July 1.
After hearing arguments, Kidd issued an injunction July 12, saying the law was on hold until the Legislature can clarify it.
Justices overturned the injunction Thursday.
