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...
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...