BELLEVUE, WA – The FBI Uniform Crime Report for 2020 indicates that armed private citizens killed more criminals during the commission of a felony than were killed by police, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this data clearly underscores the continuing need for American gun ownership. “We looked at Tables 14 and 15 in the FBI’s new report that apply to justifiable homicides by law enforcement and private citizens, respectively,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Last year,

BELLEVUE, WA – A report in the Wall Street Journal showing that nearly half of all new gun buyers since January 2019 are women is not surprising, considering efforts to defund police agencies, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The WSJ report on the 2021 National Firearms Survey notes approximately 3.5 million women and 4 million men bought guns for the first time between 2019 and April of this year. Overall, the draft report suggests more than

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today the withdrawal of anti-gun lobbyist David Chipman’s nomination to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is “a victory for gun rights and a much-deserved defeat for the gun prohibition lobby and Joe Biden.” “I want to thank every gun owner and concerned voter who contacted their Senators and helped us stop this dangerous nominee from being confirmed,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This is a

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has submitted a response to the proposed rule change by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regarding stabilizer braces on pistols arguing the “proposed rule will threaten millions of citizens with prison, harsh fines, forfeiture of firearms, and the loss of the right to own or possess firearms should they fail to comply with ATF’s policy change.” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb notes in his letter to the ATF’s Office

BELLEVUE, WA – Although Joe Biden labors to prohibit American citizens from owning what he calls “weapons of war,” his disastrous mishandling of the Afghanistan crisis has allowed Taliban insurrectionists to seize thousands of weapons and billions of dollars of equipment, paid for by U.S. taxpayers, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms calls this the “ultimate hypocrisy of the Biden-Harris administration.” “Tens of thousands of American small arms and ammunition just fell into the hands of the Taliban regime,