CCRKBA: ‘WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE PUTS POLITICS OVER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS’
BELLEVUE, WA – Democrats in the Washington State Legislature put politics ahead of constitutional rights Saturday when they voted 27-21 to approve House Bill 1240, which bans the future sale, manufacture and importation of so-called “assault weapons,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Contrary to Democrats in Olympia, who sound like they’re reading from the
CCRKBA SAYS FL SHERIFF IS RIGHT: ‘GUN DIDN’T COMMIT MURDERS, PEOPLE DID’
BELLEVUE, WA – Marion County, Florida Sheriff Billy Woods was “absolutely right” Friday when he told reporters during a press conference about the arrests of two suspects in a triple slaying that the gun is not responsible, the people using it are, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “It’s deplorable that NBC News chose to
LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT OF TX CHURCH SHOOTING ANOTHER BIDEN GUN CONTROL FAILURE
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s announcement by the Biden Justice Department that it has “reached a $144 million agreement in principle” to settle civil lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church is one more black mark in Joe Biden’s long record of failed gun control policies, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said
CCRKBA TO CONGRESS: ‘INSTEAD OF MORE RESEARCH, MAKE SCHOOLS HARD TARGETS’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today blasted Capitol Hill Democrats for once again pushing legislation to finance “gun violence prevention research” in response to the Nashville tragedy, and instead called on Congress to provide funding to make schools “hard targets.” “Anti-gun Democrats want to spend $50 million a year for the next five
CCRKBA: ‘IT’S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, NOT A FIREARMS CRISIS’
BELLEVUE, WA – As more alarming details emerge about the transgender woman responsible for Monday’s horrific school shooting in Nashville, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the facts support only one conclusion: America has a mental health crisis, not a firearms crisis. “Firearms don’t have a brain to hate with, or a finger to pull their
Act Now To Stop Washington’s Unconstitutional “Permit To Purchase Firearms” Law
View Bill Text Washington E.S.S.H.B. 1143 would unjustly force free citizens to buy a "Permit to Purchase a Firearm" before they could buy or transfer a firearm.Before being granted a permit, the applicant must prove that s/he completed a required training course.Each time a person buys a firearm, s/he must submit an application containing (among other info), the ID number of their permit to purchase,
CCRKBA: ‘NO MONEY FOR ATF UNTIL DEMS, FED AGENCIES STOP ATTACKING 2A RIGHTS’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is today calling on Congress to block funding for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget until Democrats and federal bureaucrats publicly recognize Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and stop their attacks on legal gun ownership. CCRKBA issued its
Help Stop the Washington “Assault Weapons” Ban
View Bill Text Washington SHB 1240 bans the sale of many commonly-owned semi-auto rifles, pistols and accessories.SHB 1240 will prevent millions of Washington residents from exercising their rights protected under the Second Amendment while doing nothing to curb crime or punish criminals.It has passed the House and is now in the Senate Law & Justice Committee. A list of some of the items banned: AR-15s, AK-47s and
CCRKBA CONDEMNS DEMOCRATS’ WAR ON FREEDOM; RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK
BELLEVUE, WA – Gun owners in several states where Democrats control the legislative process are facing an onslaught of gun control and prohibition legislation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today condemned what appears to be the party’s war on freedom in state capitols across the country. “We are witnessing a full frontal assault on Second
BIDEN’S EXEC ORDER ON GUNS IS ABOUT RESTRICTIONS, NOT SAFETY, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – President Joe Biden’s new executive order on guns won’t reduce gun-related violent crime, nor will it make our communities safer, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Biden signed the executive order Tuesday in Monterey Park, California. He is bypassing Congress, “with the goal of increasing the number of background checks conducted before