Mississippi governor tells college students to fight for Second Amendment
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant addresses a small crowd at a college leadership event during the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Atlanta on Saturday, April 29, 2017. (Photo: Jared Morgan/Guns.com)
ATLANTA—Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Saturday urged a small group of college students and others to take up arms in defense of the Second Amendment.
“If you think the left isn’t coming for your guns, look at Australia, he said. “The only thing the left is upset about, the only thing they fear is the Second Amendment.”
His remarks came at a college leadership forum during the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday. Â
Mississippi has traditionally been a strong gun rights state, but last year Bryant signed a bill allowing permitless carry there. Bryant, a former deputy sheriff, also touted his own gun ownership.
“If there’s an active shooter at the capitol, I’m not going to hide behind my desk,” Bryant said. “I’m going to put some led down range on someone.”
Bryant slammed liberals for trying to control gun legislation.
“They believe that somewhere they can tell us what to do,” Bryant said, adding that liberals want a bureaucracy of control.
That control extends to college campuses, Bryant said, ribbing Greek literature and music appreciation majors he said are the ones most likely to “come out to riot.”
They won’t take away Second Amendment rights, Bryant said. “We will not go quietly into the night.”
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