Jan 19, 2005 | News Releases
A bill submitted to the Maryland General Assembly that would add 20 years to a criminal’s prison sentence if he uses a so-called “assault rifle” when committing a violent crime amounts to “frivolous pandering to anti-gun extremism,” the...
Jan 12, 2005 | News Releases
Chicago Mayor Richard Daley is repackaging his “same old extremism” as a new plan to strip law-abiding citizens of their gun rights, and penalize retailers for crimes committed by somebody else, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms...
Jan 11, 2005 | News Releases
A report by the Maryland State Police that recommends repeal of a law requiring collection of ballistic imaging information “shatters one of the favorite myths of gun control extremists,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said...
Dec 15, 2004 | News Releases
Remarkable as it might seem, Dec. 15 frequently comes and goes unnoticed by most Americans, yet it is a date commemorating the document that has made this nation the benchmark against which all others are measured. On that day in 1791 the Bill of Rights – the first...
Dec 9, 2004 | News Releases
New York is setting “a deplorable example the rest of the nation should reject in disgust,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today, after the Legislature voted Tuesday to reduce mandatory prison sentences for drug...
Nov 16, 2004 | News Releases
“Common sense has prevailed over political correctness in Illinois,” said Joe Waldron, executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) as the Illinois House of Representatives voted to override Gov. Rod...