BELLEVUE, WA – – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that the right to bear arms does not disappear when a law-abiding citizen crosses a state line. After CCRKBA’s amicus brief in Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) and Grant v. Higgins (Connecticut) concerning “assault weapons”, CCRKBA has now joined an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court in Johnson v. Jacobson, a case challenging Minnesota’s refusal to recognize valid concealed-carry permits issued by other states.

BELLEVUE, WA – Declaring that history does not provide any authority for modern semiautomatic rifles to be banned, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) has submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the plaintiffs in two consolidated cases challenging bans in Cook County, Illinois and the state of Connecticut. The cases are Viramontes v. Cook County (Illinois) and Grant v. Higgins (Connecticut). They are brought by CCRKBA’s sister organization, the Second Amendment Foundation, and several partners. The 31-page brief is joined

BELLEVUE, WA – BELLEVUE, WA – A ruling by a federal magistrate allowing a lawsuit by a Nassau County, New York couple whose pistol licenses were suspended for 13 months because their daughter had been admitted to a hospital for mental health treatment is the “right thing to do,” according to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. David and Christine Ganz are seeking damages because their licenses remained suspended even after a police official “saw no issue with Plaintiffs remaining in

BELLEVUE, WA – BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms congratulates the three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for unanimously rejecting a lawsuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the Giffords Law Center (GLC) against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) because they lacked standing as plaintiffs. The 18-page decision, authored by Circuit Judge Consuelo M. Callahan, a George W. Bush appointee, observed, “Although California and GLC expended resources to

BELLEVUE, WA – Thanks to the Justice Department’s decision to not seek extension of the stay of last week’s ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas striking down registration requirements on certain firearms and suppressors under the National Firearms Act, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is reminding its current and future members that the ruling applies directly to them. CCRKBA is a plaintiff in Jensen v. ATF, and as such, its present and future

BELLEVUE, WA – A federal judge in Texas has ruled the 1934 National Firearms Act’s (NFA) registration requirement, which has remained in force despite repeal of the enabling $200 tax, is unconstitutional, handing a victory to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The ruling was issued Wednesday by District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, a Donald Trump appointee. He serves in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The case, known as Jensen v. ATF, was filed in October

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding the ruling by a three-judge panel of Ohio’s 1st District Court of Appeals requiring the City of Cincinnati to pay legal fees to Frank West, who successfully challenged the city’s gun storage law, which violated Ohio’s preemption statute. “When a city adopts an ordinance which directly conflicts with state law,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “it stands to reason that the city should be required to cover the legal

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has submitted an amicus brief to the Maryland State Supreme Court in support of a District of Columbia man who has a valid D.C. carry permit, but was arrested in Maryland for carrying a concealed pistol. Joining CCRKBA are the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, Maryland Shall Issue, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, Second Amendment Law Center and the Cato Institute. They are represented by attorneys Mark W.

BELLEVUE, WA – Following two significant Supreme Court rulings on the Second Amendment, and the Court’s announcement it will finally consider the constitutionality of state and local gun bans, American gun owners have a lot to celebrate this July 4th as the nation reaches its milestone 250th anniversary of independence, according to the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. “We live in a nation founded on the concepts of freedom and individual liberty,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “and the cornerstone

BELLEVUE, WA – “The facts of this case are outrageous,” says an amicus brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, in support of a decorated Navy veteran convicted of crimes he really didn’t commit, but was prosecuted by the Biden administration’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Patrick “Tate” Adamiak was sentenced to 20 years in prison because he possessed cut-up gun parts and a fake RPG-7. CCRKBA’s brief describes this as