The Clay Edwards Show

We discuss the controversial hire made by the Pearl Police Department of Jeremy Rast, the former Richland Police officer who was fired in June for insensitive comments made towards a hispanic man that was caught on tape. Find out where Clay & the guys fall on this topic, we also got a surprising call from a male Hispanic listener that truly caught us all off guard!!

A Florida cop has been fired for shooting a man with his own firearm during a traffic stop gone terribly wrong, we discuss this with firearms training expert Tyler Tharp w/ Synergy Training Group & Hunter Sartain, owner of local firearms store "Guns N' Gear in Gluckstadt, Mississippi.

Hunter Sartain, owner of Gun N' Gear and Firearms training expert Tyler Tharp discuss the so-called "Gun Show Loophole" here in Mississippi that allows high volume private sellers to sell guns at gun shows without collecting sales tax or doing federal background checks and how it negatively affects brick & mortar gun stores.

Its another edition of our "2nd Amendment Round Table" W/ Guns N' Gear owner Hunter Sartain & Synergy Training Group's Tyler Tharp (Firearm Training Expert). We discuss several hot button issues concerning guns, gun laws, irresponsible gun owners, the gun show loophole and more. We also discuss the controversial hire made by the Pearl Police Department of Jeremy Rast, the former Richland Police officer who was fired in June for insensitive comments made towards a hispanic man that was caught on tape. Find out where Clay & the guys fall on this topic, we also got a surprising call from a male Hispanic listener that truly caught us all off guard!!

PEARL, Miss. (WLBT) - Over a dozen residents raised their concerns at a city of Pearl community meeting Friday night regarding the police department hiring former Richland Police Officer Jeremy Rast, who was fired last year for making “derogatory slurs” toward a Hispanic man.

Residents questioned whether he had learned from his mistakes and if residents could trust him in the line of duty.

The pushback stems from an incident last year on June 2 when Rast and other officers were responding to a domestic disturbance involving a gun.

Rast then had an interaction with Luis Rodriguez and others, which Rodriguez recorded.

That is when Rast made comments toward Rodriguez, like, “I will look for you every shift to try and arrest you,” and even “Go back to Mexico.”

These are the comments that residents brought up, questioning if they have to fear for themselves rather than trust those sworn to protect.

Chief McLendon answered those questions and concerns Friday night, standing by his decision to hire Rast after careful consideration. Chief McLendon also stated that Rast will go through more training before he returns to the line of duty.

The meeting then concluded with residents asking for another meeting to be set that would involve Rast so they could ask questions and raise their concerns directly with him.

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Rankin County Rep. Fred Shanks has filed House Bill 1028 that would increase the penalties for statutory rape.

“Essentially, if there’s a child involved, 13 or younger, and the offender is 17 or older, it’s surgical castration,” explained Shanks.

It would be a new option for the judge in sentencing, and it would be in addition to their time in jail.

“I’m a father, and my daughter is 13, and you know it really hit home when this came up,” noted Shanks. “I think it’s the right thing to do. It sends a strong message. And to be honest, if you know this unfortunate event ever happened to my child, the least of their worries would be this bill.”

We asked more of you what you think of the proposal.

“I don’t have no problem with it,” said Karlos King. “Young children, innocent, pure, I don’t think it would be a problem with it.”

“I’m not opposed to it,” described Angela Jones. “I just think there needs to be some stipulation. I think if it’s a repeat pedophile, absolutely.”

“That 13-year-old or under has got to live with that for the rest of their lives,” noted Gayla Book, whose daughter was raped at 13. “There’s no getting out of it. You know, there’s no 10-year limit for them on whether they get to forget about it in 10 years.”

Several states have laws on the books allowing for chemical castration as a consequence of certain sex crimes. However, last year, Louisiana was the first to approve surgical castration.

Rep. Shanks is hoping it will clear the committee and be brought up for a vote by the full House of Representatives.

“I’d be very curious as to who would vote no on it on the House floor,” he added.

Shaun and I hit a wide array of topics from local to JFK Conspiracy theories and more!!

Hour #1- Mississippi Democrat Senator Bradford Blackmon submits a bill to make masturbation, sex & condoms illegal in Mississippi if not intentionally being performed with the intent to impregnate. By default this becomes an extreme attack against the LGBTQ citizens in Mississippi.

#Hour #2- We discuss Trump's pardons of all the J6 Patriots

Trump did more to make America great again in one day than a Democrat (or any other) President has since Ronald Reagan or himself in my lifetime. We discuss some of the executive orders he signed Monday night, take some calls and more.

My good friend and self proclaimed "local entertainer" Phillip Yarbrough joins me as I experiment with a new show idea tonight, we just sat around drinking whiskey and talking about the local music scene, the politics surrounding it, what type of bands and / or artist are drawing crowds, what platforms are helping them draw and more. Phillip also plays us 4 great songs at the end of the show to cap off the nearly 3-hour conversation!! I can't promise that I'll do more shows like this because everyone isn't Phillip, but I had a great time doing it and based on the comments and text messages so did the live audience.