Michael P. Cronin

Captain Michael P. Cronin, founder and executive director of the Coalition of Airline Pilots Associations (CAPA), is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award winner for August. Cronin, a Vietnam war combat pilot and former prisoner of war, has been a leader...

August 2002

Black BATF agents want Treasury Secretary Paul H. O’Neill held in contempt for failing to implement reforms ordered in a 5.9 million dollar settlement involving accusations of racial discrimination. The agents, in a motion filed in U.S. District Court in Washington,...

John L. Mica

U.S. Rep. John L. Mica of Florida, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Aviation of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, is the July recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award. CCRKBA Public Affairs Director John Michael Snyder stated...

May 2002

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner signed a measure prohibiting local governments from undermining a state firearm preemption law by enacting their own gun control regulations. Alexandria passed a measure banning guns in municipal buildings. The new state law overturns this....

April 2002

In California, pro-gun rights candidate Bill Simon, Jr. defeated anti-gun Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Political newcomer Simon’s victory came as a surprising upset. In a poll taken Jan. 23-27, Riordan had a 33 –point...