Jun 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
On April 26, seven firearm manufacturers and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) filed a lawsuit in federal court against HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and government...
May 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
In Washington, D. C., Congressman Bill McCollum of Florida, a CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Year Awardee, spoke out forcefully in support of his bill, H.R. 4051, to establish a grant program that provides incentives for states to enact mandatory minimum sentences...
Feb 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
When anti-gun Rep. Charles E. Schumer of New York was running for the U. S. Senate from New York in 1998, reported THE NEW YORK TIMES, “he was probably aware when he spoke with securities industry lobbyists about deregulation that the industry had donated $1.28...
Jan 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
The nation’s death rate from the misuse of firearms fell 21 percent between 1993 and 1997, according to a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report also showed the injury rate from firearm misuse plunging 41 percent during the...
Dec 1, 1999 | Quick Shots
Alan M. Gottlieb, CCRKBA Chairman, said last month that the recent shooting-murders in Honolulu, Hawaii prove all the laws in the world won’t “stop someone from committing a crazy act,” reported Heather Maher of ABCNews.com. On November 2, seven...
Nov 1, 1999 | Quick Shots
In Cincinnati, Ohio, a state judge on October 7 dismissed the city’s lawsuit against the firearms industry, saying the city was improperly asking a court to change the way guns are designed, marketed and distributed, something only a legislature could do. The...
