BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding the Kentucky Legislature for overriding Governor Andy Beshear’s vetoes of two pro-Second Amendment bills, sending a message that the rights of law-abiding citizens outweigh the stroke of a prejudiced, partisan pen. Democrat Beshear had vetoed House Bill 78 and House Bill 312, following an anti-gun-rights party line rather than principle. HB 78 establishes liability protections from frivolous lawsuits against firearms manufacturers, distributors and retailers involving specified legal actions arising

BELLEVUE, WA – Saturday’s bloody New York subway attack by a machete-wielding man who reportedly called himself “Lucifer” provided further evidence that restrictive New York gun laws which disarm the public amounts to legislative insanity, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms declared. The suspect, identified as 44-year-old Anthony Griffin, was fatally shot by police. Officers had ordered him repeatedly to drop the machete, but instead he approached them with weapon in hand, so they fired. The year started with a

BELLEVUE, WA – Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of House Bill 312 was a deplorable act of sexism which leaves young women unarmed and vulnerable to brutal attack, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms declared. “While he claims to be a ‘different kind of Democrat,’ Gov. Beshear has revealed himself to be just one more anti-gun-rights politician adhering to the party’s increasingly far-left dogma,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “He has shown his true colors by preventing a provisional license

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is pleased to announce that Michael Jones — AKA “Garand Thumb” — will be one of the featured speakers of the New England Firearms Advocacy Conference. The New England Firearms Advocacy Conference will be held Saturday, May 30 in Chicopee, Mass. at Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Dr. Jones is a former member of the U.S. Airforce, firearms enthusiast, and YouTuber who focuses on reviews, tactical gear, shooting sports, and the military.

BELLEVUE, WA — The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a case challenging the National Firearms Act’s (NFA) tax and registration requirements for firearm suppressors. The case is known as George Peterson v. United States. CCRKBA’s amicus brief urges the high court to grant certiorari in the case, which would confirm that suppressors, often incorrectly referred to as “silencers,” are protected by the Second Amendment, and therefore are

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering a Washington Times report that the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, under Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, is targeting restrictive gun laws that don’t square with the Second Amendment. “We’re calling this a progress report on what the Trump administration announced last year regarding Second Amendment scrutiny on local gun regulations,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “Based on what we know so far, it looks like progress is being

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and United States Concealed Carry Association have partnered together for the upcoming New England Firearms Advocacy Conference. USCCA has pledged support as the main sponsor of the event. CCRKBA announced earlier this year that their first Firearms Advocacy Conference is going to be held on Saturday, May 30 in Chicopee, Mass. at Castle of Knights, 1599 Memorial Dr. “The USCCA is proud to support the New England Firearms Advocacy Conference this May,”