Judge blocks Mississippi open-carry gun law.

JACKSON -- A state judge has blocked Mississippi's open-carry gun law from taking effect next week, writing in a Friday ruling the law was vague and an injunction was needed to prevent irreparable harm.

Hinds County Circuit Judge Winston Kidd scheduled a hearing for July 8 to consider more arguments about whether to extend the injunction.

Hinds County District Attorney Robert Shuler Smith had requested the law be blocked, and Kidd granted the temporary injunction during an emergency hearing.

House Bill 2 clarifies that people in Mississippi don't need any kind of state-issued permit to carry a gun that's not concealed.

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