BELLEVUE, WA – During the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference in San Diego, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms honored U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa as the “Gun Rights Defender of the Year” for 2024.

Issa, a veteran Republican congressman from California who chaired the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during the hearings and investigation of Operation Fast and Furious—the gun trafficking scandal of the Obama administration—received the award after speaking to the conference.

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb told Issa the award was not just for his important work this year, but for “all the hard work he has done protecting our Second Amendment rights.” In August, he was joined by fellow Republican Congressman Richard Hudson of North Carolina and Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho in introducing the Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act, which prohibits states from implementing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition to fund gun control programs.

In turn, Issa promised the award would be on display in his Washington, D.C. office on Capitol Hill. Issa represents California’s 48th Congressional District. He serves on the House Judiciary, Foreign Affairs and Science, Space and Technology committees. He chairs the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. He also serves on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.

During his remarks, Issa was highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s war on gun owners, pushing policies “designed to make weapons not useable, not practical and not affordable.” He predicted that if Vice President Kamala Harris ascends to the presidency, “we will see what we’ve seen for almost four years now, which is using ATF and other agencies to specifically go after the people who facilitate your ability” to own firearms.

“As far as this administration is concerned,” he said, “you can have just one weapon and go to sell it and they’ll consider you a gun dealer.”

“Political leaders like Darrell Issa work hard every day to make sure our rights aren’t eroded to the point they become government-regulated privileges,” Gottlieb said. “It was our honor to recognize his efforts.”

BELLEVUE, WA – During the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference in San Diego, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms honored U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa as the “Gun Rights Defender of the Year” for 2024.

Issa, a veteran Republican congressman from California who chaired the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform during the hearings and investigation of Operation Fast and Furious—the gun trafficking scandal of the Obama administration—received the award after speaking to the conference.

CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb told Issa the award was not just for his important work this year, but for “all the hard work he has done protecting our Second Amendment rights.” In August, he was joined by fellow Republican Congressman Richard Hudson of North Carolina and Republican Sen. Jim Risch of Idaho in introducing the Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act, which prohibits states from implementing excise taxes on firearms and ammunition to fund gun control programs.

In turn, Issa promised the award would be on display in his Washington, D.C. office on Capitol Hill. Issa represents California’s 48th Congressional District. He serves on the House Judiciary, Foreign Affairs and Science, Space and Technology committees. He chairs the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet. He also serves on the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.

During his remarks, Issa was highly critical of the Biden-Harris administration’s war on gun owners, pushing policies “designed to make weapons not useable, not practical and not affordable.” He predicted that if Vice President Kamala Harris ascends to the presidency, “we will see what we’ve seen for almost four years now, which is using ATF and other agencies to specifically go after the people who facilitate your ability” to own firearms.

“As far as this administration is concerned,” he said, “you can have just one weapon and go to sell it and they’ll consider you a gun dealer.”

“Political leaders like Darrell Issa work hard every day to make sure our rights aren’t eroded to the point they become government-regulated privileges,” Gottlieb said. “It was our honor to recognize his efforts.”