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(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File) The politicians in charge of Jackson, Mississippi have their hostility towards the Second Amendment abundantly clear over the past year. Mayor Chokwe Lumumba tried to impose a ban on openly carried firearms last year, claiming the state’s emergency powers provisions gave him the authority to do so, but a federal judge smacked down the ban shortly after it was imposed. Since then, there’s been a lot of finger-pointing from the mayor, city council, and local police on who’s to blame for the rise in violent crime. The Jackson Police Department recently told council members that officers are being forced to engage in “catch-and-release” arrests because the local jail is too full. ....