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BELLEVUE, WA – New FBI data for the first quarter of 2024 shows violent crime dropped by more than 15 percent from the same period last year, at a time when U.S. gun ownership has continued to rise, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says this is more evidence widespread gun ownership is not the cause of crime. “More guns in

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms thanks the jurors in Wilmington, Delaware for fulfilling their responsibility in what was a difficult case amid so much media attention and the political climate. It is ironic that on the same day the jury found Hunter Biden guilty of three federal gun-related crimes, his father, President Joe Biden, is addressing

BELLEVUE, WA – First Lady Jill Biden reportedly racked up $345,400 in travel costs last week zipping back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean so she could attend her son’s trial on federal gun law violations, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the Biden family, not taxpayers, should foot the bill. “A federal court in

BELLEVUE, WA – President Joe Biden has stated his son “did nothing wrong,” yet Hunter Biden now is on trial for lying on a federal Form 4473 when he bought a Colt revolver in 2018, and then committing the second crime of being a drug addict in possession of a firearm. “Joe evidently wants to protect his son’s Second Amendment rights,” said

BELLEVUE, WA – The brutal stabbing of a man in New York City’s Times Square Thursday underscores the futility of public disarmament, which affects only law-abiding citizens, and proves the proponents of so-called “sensitive zones” are clueless, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. Several news agencies reported the incident, indicating three men were involved and they

BELLEVUE, WA – World-famous Beretta USA has joined the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms as a corporate sponsor, the Bellevue, Washington-based grassroots organization has announced. “We are both delighted and proud to have the support of Beretta USA at this critical time,” said Andrew Gottlieb, CCRKBA managing director.  “America is approaching a crossroads, with the Second Amendment

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has energetically thrown its support behind the Repealing Illegal Freedom and Liberty Excises (RIFLE) Act, introduced by Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton. The legislation would remove the federal tax imposed on firearms and accessories regulated under the 1934 National Firearms Act (NFA). Joining Cotton as co-sponsors are fellow Republican

BELLEVUE, WA – Minnesota DFL Senator Nicole Mitchell, facing a serious burglary charge, should be treated with the same suspicion her record suggests she treats gun owners—like criminals—the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. Mitchell is due in court June 10 as the result of her arrest by Detroit Lakes police for burglary. Published reports say she

BELLEVUE, WA – A new study listing Washington as the eighth most-dangerous state in the country refutes the hype from national gun control groups which give the state high marks for gun laws, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed. The study, by the Simmrin Law Group, is being reported in newspapers across the Evergreen State. Yet