August 2005

In Virginia, two leading federal officials have taken opposite positions on congressional efforts to repeal the draconian anti-gun laws in the District of Columbia, notes Peter Hardin, of the Richmond Times-Dispatch. Sen. George Allen is a leading cosponsor of the...

July 2005

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month, stated recently that the constitutional right of Americans to own firearms is as important as their rights to speech and religion. Rice said during a CNN “Larry King Live” interview...

June 2005

“If you call for a pizza, a cop, and an ambulance, who will arrive first?” That’s a tough question from Tim Schmidt of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA). “A responsible, trained and armed citizen is not someone to be feared,” he responds....

May 2005

CCRKBA announced its opposition to H.R. 1423, the proposed Childproof Handgun Act of 2005, by Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and eight original cosponsors. The bill would ban the manufacture, sale, delivery and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized. It...

April 2005

The anti-gun New Jersey-New York U.S. Senate gang of four got together recently in introducing a bill to ban a single model handgun. Sens. Frank Lautenberg and Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Sens. Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton of New York introduced S. 527 to ban...

March 2005

During his Senate confirmation hearings in January, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said he favors extending the expired federal so-called “assault weapons ban.” Congress allowed the ban on the importation and manufacture of certain semiautomatic firearms and...