OHIO APPEALS COURT SAYS CINCINNAT MUST PAY LEGAL FEES IN GUN LAW CASE
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
CCRKBA FILES AMICUS BRIEF IN MARYLAND INTERSTATE CARRY CASE
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.
CCRKBA TO NJ DEMOCRATS: ‘STOP TRYING TO DANCE AROUND COURTS’
BELLEVUE, WA – While Politico is reporting that New Jersey Democrats are scrambling to “protect and expand the state’s firearm restrictions” after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the state’s ban on semiautomatic rifles is unconstitutional, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has a better idea: Stop trying to dance around court rulings and start trusting the citizens with their Second Amendment rights. “New Jersey Democrats can no longer claim they’re just trying to protect the children or decrease
CCRKBA: THIRD CIRCUIT RULING A SIGNAL TO ANTI-GUN STATES
BELLEVUE, WA – Friday’s ruling by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals striking down New Jersey’s ban on modern semiautomatic rifles and original-capacity magazines should send a signal to other states with similar bans that a reckoning is looming, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says. “The majority opinion, authored by Joe Biden-appointed Circuit Judge Arianna Julia Freeman, amounts to a warning shot across the bow of anti-gun-rights lawmakers that their years of eroding the Second Amendment, one restriction
OREGON GOAL JOINS CCRKBA AS NEWEST STATE AFFILIATE
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted to welcome the Oregon Gun Owners Action League (ORGOAL) as our newest state affiliate, carrying on the battle against extremist gun control laws and regulations which infringe on the rights of Beaver State gun owners. Founded by veteran Second Amendment activist Derek LeBlanc, who now serves as the organization’s president, ORGOAL is a natural fit in the growing CCRKBA family. “With CCRKBA’s national headquarters in Washington state, ORGOAL isn’t just
CCRKBA DIRECTOR AT THE HELM OF AR BAN CASE TO BE HEARD BY SCOTUS
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted that the Supreme Court of the United States has granted certiorari to Grant v. Higgins. Leading this legal effort is CCRKBA Director Holly Sullivan, who is also president of Connecticut Citizens Defense League. CCDL has been the lead organizational plaintiff in the Grant case since its inception, and is a state affiliate organization. Grant v. Higgins is one of two gun ban cases that the high court has agreed to
AMERICAN GUN OWNERS HAVE LOTS TO CELEBRATE THIS JULY FOURTH
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
SPANBERGER, VA DEMOCRATS SHOULD TOSS GUN LAW RATHER THAN DELAY
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and her Democrat Assembly allies have retreated from a gun rights battle they are almost certain to lose, delaying their ill-advised ban on carrying modern semiautomatic firearms until 2027 after a Lancaster County judge issued a preliminary injunction against the new law. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms cheered the ruling, but says the law should be thrown out because it clearly violates the Second Amendment. “Gov. Spanberger and the Democrats in Richmond
SCOTUS 2A RULINGS CONSISTENTLY SMACK DOWN ANTI-GUNNERS: CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. Supreme Court’s newest Second Amendment ruling once again shows that proponents of restrictive gun control policies are on the wrong side of history as well as the Constitution, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “For the fifth time since the landmark Heller decision in 2008, the Court has upheld the individual right to keep and bear arms,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, who added even more context to the importance of the 6-3 ruling
CCRKBA APPLAUDS AZ REP. NGUYEN FOR RANGE PROTECTION LEGISLATION
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms applauds Arizona State Rep. Quang Nguyen for sponsoring and championing House Bill 2763 through the Arizona State Legislature, adding significant protection to the world-famous Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix. The Ben Avery facility is the largest such public range in the entire United States, and is annually visited by more than 120,000 people. It was the first government-owned facility to earn a Five Star rating from the National Association of