Oct 9, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today criticized a proposed “violence tax†on firearms and ammunition sold in Chicago and surrounding Cook County suburbs as a means of closing a multi-million-dollar budget gap. The tax...
Aug 29, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the wrong man to speak about self-defense in a city that is a virtual victim disarmament zone because of his policies, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Mayor Bloomberg...
Aug 28, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is “encouraged by the strong pro-gun rights platform†put forth at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. “This is the strongest pro-gun rights platform I’ve ever seen,†said...
Aug 7, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been challenging President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to speak out about gun control, but Bloomberg declined a chance to do it himself at the annual Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) in September, the Citizens...
Jul 31, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s plan to ban so-called “assault weapons†in the Prairie State “is a grandstand play that ultimately punishes law-abiding Illinois gun owners for a crime that no gun law could prevent,†the Citizens Committee for the...
Jul 27, 2012 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauds the decision by the United States to not sign the proposed International Arms Trade Treaty, and CCRKBA credits grassroots action for the gun rights victory. CCRKBA Chairman Alan...