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June 2000

On April 26, seven firearm manufacturers and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) filed a lawsuit in federal court against HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Connecticut Attorney General Richard...

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June 2000

The Million Mom March has come and gone…all 100,000 of them (by photographic comparisons with earlier marches of known attendance). For all practical purposes, the MMM was a paid political event, orchestrated by the White House strictly for media...

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Gary Kleck

Noted criminologist Gary Kleck is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for May. In nominating Gary for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, said that, “at this time, with the...

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May 2000

In Washington, D. C., Congressman Bill McCollum of Florida, a CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Year Awardee, spoke out forcefully in support of his bill, H.R. 4051, to establish a grant program that provides incentives for states to enact...

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May 2000

Many state legislatures have adjourned for the rest of the year. Some states, such as Maryland, passed new restrictions on the right to keep and bear arms. In others, most notably Colorado, new gun controls were effectively blocked. The state...

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