May 19, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA — Newly-introduced legislation that would repeal prohibition of handgun ownership by citizens in Washington, D.C. is “long overdue,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “For more than a generation, it...
May 19, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Minnesota lawmakers are to be congratulated for their quick, decisive effort to revive that state’s reasonable personal protection act today, said Joe Waldron, executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms...
May 3, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – In an obvious effort to filibuster and ridicule a concealed carry bill now before the Nebraska Legislature, State Sen. Ernie Chambers has introduced a bizarre amendment that would, among other things, punish violators by having their trigger fingers...
May 1, 2005 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Captain David Mackett, President of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance (APSA), is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month for May.  In nominating Captain Mackett for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, said that, “one of the issues...
May 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
CCRKBA announced its opposition to H.R. 1423, the proposed Childproof Handgun Act of 2005, by Rep. Bill Pascrell of New Jersey and eight original cosponsors. The bill would ban the manufacture, sale, delivery and transfer of handguns that cannot be personalized. It...
Apr 27, 2005 | News Releases
A proposal by California’s anti-gun Attorney General Bill Lockyer to require serial numbers on every handgun bullet and cartridge case sold in the Golden State is a backdoor attempt to make ammunition so cost prohibitive that it will essentially disarm...
Apr 22, 2005 | News Releases
Opponents to concealed carry reform in Arizona have stooped to anti-gun bigotry in their efforts to convince Gov. Janet Napolitano to veto legislation that would allow legally-licensed, law-abiding citizens to patronize restaurants and bars, said the Citizens...
Apr 21, 2005 | News Releases
With the passage of SB 1363 by the state legislature, Arizona is poised to become the 34th state that allows individuals licensed to carry a concealed firearm to carry in a restaurant that serves alcohol. Under the legislation, armed citizens are prohibited from...
Apr 19, 2005 | News Releases
An outrageous remark by a former official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is “nothing short of slanderous,” said leaders of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). Gerald Nunziato, former head...
Apr 19, 2005 | News Releases
An outrageous remark by a former official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is “nothing short of slanderous,” said leaders of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). Gerald Nunziato, former head...
