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CCRKBA calls on Gov. Doyle to sign CCW bill, or lawmakers should override veto.
BELLEVUE, WA—After reaching several compromises on a concealed carry bill, Wisconsin lawmakers have hammered out a sensible package that Gov. Jim Doyle should sign, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today....
CCRKBA Commends Senate Vote on Armed Cargo Pilots
WASHINGTON, -- "We commend the United States Senate for voting earlier this week to allow cargo pilots to carry guns in the cockpit," John Michael Snyder, public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms...
Taft, Legislature left Ohio workplace shooting victims defenseless
BELLEVUE, WA—Thursday’s workplace shooting in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio underscores the need for Buckeye State lawmakers to craft a sensible concealed carry law, and for Gov. Bob Taft to stop blocking the measure, the Citizens Committee for the...
CCRKBA: Schumer Gets Civil Liberties Infringement Prize
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- "Sen. Charles E. Schumer of New York gets the Civil Liberties Infringement Prize for his leadership in blocking an up-or-down judicial confirmation vote today on the nomination of Alabama Attorney General Bill...
Op-Ed; Gary Ridgway didn’t use a gun
Gun control laws didn’t stop Gary Ridgway. Background checks did not prevent his killing spree. Waiting periods never interrupted his schedule The infamous “Green River Killer†has now confessed to unmercifully murdering 48 girls and young...