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[email protected] Josh Scarborough drove close to two hours to celebrate his 28th birthday. Not only was he commemo- rating another year, but the freedoms handed down by the United State Constitution. Scarborough and his wife, Shauna, wanted to be part of the Second Amendment Fire- arm Freedom Day sponsored by the Alcorn County Patriots Submitted photo after seeing the announcement Corinth resident Buddy Ellis was honored at the state SCV of the event on Facebook. convention for his work raising money for a Mississippi monu- ment at Shiloh. “I love hearing all knowledge about guns,” he said of the rally on the grounds of the Alcorn County Courthouse. “When I heard about the rally, ‘I told my Ellis honored wife this is what I want to do for my birthday.”’ The Scarboroughs were part of around 300 hundred people for monumental who turned out to honor local legislators for their support of Mississippi House Bill 2. “Guns are where the federal government is attacking us SCV leadership fi rst,” said Scarborough. “The state is on our side when it BY BOBBY J. SMITH Buddy Ellis is a member comes to this.”
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