During a contentious budget hearing last month, Lieutenant Governor Tate Reeves (R) publicly questioned whether the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) had the authority to raise carry permit and other license fees without legislative approval. DPS had imposed a $6.00 fee hike on carry permit applicants because a vendor began charging the department more for processing the photographs that appear on state-issued carry permits. Attorney General Jim Hood (D) has released an opinion stating that DPS may not charge a $6.00 fee to cover costs associated with printing and issuing carry permits, and that carry permit applicants can only be required to submit the $100 license fee and cover costs associated with fingerprinting.
Mississippi: AG Opinion States DPS May Not Charge Additional Carry Permit Photo Processing Fee Without Legislative Approval
Monday, October 28, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2024
Progressive politicians in Massachusetts just passed one of the most extreme gun control bills in the country.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
On Thursday, July 25th, Governor Maura Healey (D) signed H. 4885, "an act modernizing firearm laws," one of the most extreme gun control bills in the country, into law.
Monday, April 1, 2024
NRA Members Among the Largest Class Protected from Draconian Rule
Monday, July 22, 2024
Last week, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), accepted the Republican party’s nomination for vice president at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI.
Friday, February 2, 2024
On Thursday, February 1st, the Senate passed S.2572 late in the night without the bill ever receiving a public hearing, ignoring the concerns of Minority Leader Bruce Tarr and second amendment advocates across the state.