Feb 23, 2004 | News Releases
The U.S. Senate appears ready to debate S. 659, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act on Wednesday, Feb. 25, and gun owners need to call Capitol Hill and urge their Senators to support these measures and block a filibuster, the Citizens Committee for the Right...
Feb 18, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA-Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and other opponents of a proposed statute that will allow citizens to carry concealed handguns for personal protection are “historically and emotionally wrong” on the issue, the Citizens Committee for the Right to...
Feb 9, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA—Two leading national gun rights organizations have cancelled plans to hold their 20th annual conference in New York City, blaming Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s reported denunciation of the National Rifle Association as “reprehensible.†The Citizens...
Feb 4, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA—Members of the Wisconsin Assembly who voted to sustain the veto of sensible concealed carry legislation by anti-gun Gov. Jim Doyle have displayed “cowardice below and beneath their duty to public safety,†the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep...
Feb 1, 2004 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Joseph B. Alonso of Marietta, Georgia is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for February. Â In nominating Mr. Alonso for the Award, J. H. Versnel, Managing Editor of Point Blank, pointed out that the 27-year-old attorney has...
Feb 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
In Ohio, after CCRKBA Chairman Alan M. Gottlieb urged Gov. Bob Taft to sign a concealed carry measure passed by the state legislature, Taft did so. For years, CCRKBA worked with Ohioans for Concealed Carry to produce a CCW measure acceptable to both the legislature...
Jan 28, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Rescheduling of a veto override vote in Wisconsin until Thursday has given backers of personal safety legislation one more day to lobby lawmakers in Madison in an effort to see concealed carry become a reality in the Badger State. The Citizens...
Jan 22, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA—The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauded the 23 members of the Wisconsin Senate who voted to override anti-gun Gov. Jim Doyle’s veto of concealed carry legislation, and urged voters to call upon their Assembly...
Jan 16, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA—In an open letter to gun control advocate Sarah Brady, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is asking her to intervene in the case of a Wilmette, IL man who has been charged with violating local and state gun laws, simply because...
Jan 14, 2004 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA—Criminal charges filed against a suburban Chicago-area homeowner who defended his family by shooting a repeat burglar are an “outrage†that can be blamed on “regressive, Draconian Illinois gun laws,†the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep...
