Jun 28, 2005 | News Releases
WASHINGTON, June 28 — If District of Columbia officials persist in their attempt to thwart revision of D.C. gun laws, Congress ought to consider recision of D.C. home rule, John Michael Snyder, public affairs director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to...
Jun 17, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. House of Representatives acted properly this week to overwhelmingly reject an amendment to a spending bill that would have banned the export of .50-caliber rifles, said the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA). The...
Jun 14, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – By insisting that a new federal law that allows retired police officers to carry concealed handguns is “essentially dangerous,” a Maryland anti-gun crusader has insulted men and women in law enforcement and should immediately apologize,...
Jun 6, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said legislation passed by the California Legislature to regulate ammunition amounts to “one more boondoggle waiting to happen” and urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto...
Jun 1, 2005 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Benedict D. LaRosa of the San Antonio, Texas area is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month for June.  In nominating Mr. LaRosa for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, stated that, “these days, when gun grabbers seem to be somewhat...
Jun 1, 2005 | Uncategorized
“If you call for a pizza, a cop, and an ambulance, who will arrive first?†That’s a tough question from Tim Schmidt of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA). “A responsible, trained and armed citizen is not someone to be feared,†he responds....
May 23, 2005 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Once again, the so-called Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is out of the closet in support of yet another handgun ban, this one in Washington, D.C., where legislation has been introduced to restore to law-abiding citizens the right of...
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...
