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BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is congratulating and sympathizing with a Joliet, Ill., mom who fatally shot a burglary suspect in her home while protecting herself and her infant child. “Based on what we know so far,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “the woman heard someone breaking into her home, so she

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) is congratulating President Donald Trump for streamlining the gun permitting process for honest citizens in the District of Columbia, as part of the administration’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. As reported by Fox News, part of Trump’s “Making DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” effort

BELLEVUE, WA – The horrible slaying of Virginia resident Holly Hatcher, 62—mother of rising country star Spencer Hatcher—and the subsequent fatal shooting of the suspect by her husband, Michael, is a reminder that good people everywhere should never be deprived of their right of self-defense, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “Our deepest sympathy goes out

BELLEVUE, WA – The tragic and senseless murders of four people in a New York City office building underscores the horribly misguided gun control mindset, which disarms good people and doesn’t stop bad ones, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) stated. That the crime occurred in the middle of Manhattan’s business district—where local and state law

BELLEVUE, WA –  Once again, the actions of an armed private citizen were instrumental in bringing an end to a brutal Saturday knife attack in Traverse City, Michigan, reminding us of the important role privately-owned and carried firearms play in today’s society, the Citizens Committee for the Right to keep and Bear Arms said. “We are particularly impressed with the heroic actions

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom is having a hissy fit over Thursday’s 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the Golden State’s requirement for background checks on ammunition purchases are unconstitutional, quite a change from his pro-gun remarks a week ago. But the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and

BELLEVUE, WA – California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration last week during a visit with Tennessee-based podcaster Shawn Ryan—where the governor accepted a Sig Sauer pistol—saying that he is “not anti-gun…just for gun safety” needs affirmation by action, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed. “Assuming that Newsom’s epiphany is real and he is trying to revive a

BELLEVUE, WA – Officials in a third New Jersey municipality have passed a resolution to return their portion of the state’s $200 fee for a carry permit, scoring another victory for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and its partners in an effort to partially refund the exorbitant fees to gun owners. CCRKBA is joined by the

BELLEVUE, WA – A new report from the Council on Criminal Justice revealing an increase in firearms thefts from parked cars over a five-year study period (2018-2022) overlooks one major component of the problem: the necessity for legally-armed citizens to leave their firearms before entering so-called “gun-free zones,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed. “While the