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BELLEVUE, WA –  For literally working “behind enemy lines” to protect the Second Amendment rights of Massachusetts gun owners, the Gun Owners Action League in that state has been recognized by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as its “Affiliate of the Year” for 2026. “GOAL being in Massachusetts has their work really cut out for them,”

BELLEVUE, WA – Connecticut State Rep. Craig Fishbein has been honored by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as the 2026 Legislator of the Year. In addition to being a state lawmaker, noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, Fishbein is also a litigator; an attorney who has been part of the team which put together the Connecticut Citizens

BELLEVUE, WA –  Veteran gun rights warrior and a champion of Second Amendment activism in Illinois, Richard Pearson, was the recipient of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The longtime executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA), Pearson is also a member of the CCRKBA Board of Directors. He

BELLEVUE, WA – For the fourth time in its 21-year history, the Arizona Citizens Defense League (AZCDL) was recognized as this year’s Grassroots Organization of the Year by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Formally organized in 2005, the AZCDL has become a powerhouse in the Grand Canyon State, and will undoubtedly have its work cut out

BELLEVUE, WA –  With confirmation by police in Bend, Oregon that the suspect in Thursday’s deadly school shooting was stopped by an armed private citizen, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing that person’s actions, which obviously saved lives. “Once again,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “an armed citizen with a concealed carry license has intervened

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is founded on grassroots activism, and this year’s “Grassroots Activist of the Year” award goes to a man who is relatively fresh to the fight, Derek LeBlanc, founder of the Oregon Gun Owners Action League—which became a CCRKBA affiliate this year. Not only was LeBlanc active in the

BELLEVUE, WA – Internationally-recognized firearms researcher and author Dr. John Lott, founder and president of the Montana-based Crime Prevention Research Center, was honored during this year’s Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) as the recipient of the “Gun Rights Defender of the Year” by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Lott gained national attention with the publication of

BELLEVUE, WA – A proposed federal law treating airguns as firearms is an extremist idea which reveals the true intentions of anti-gunners is to ultimately ban anything even resembling a gun, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said.  Democratic Rep. Kevin Mullin (CA-15) is sponsoring “Garrett’s Law,” which would require background checks, and place airgun regulation under