Mar 15, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Thursday’s rejection by the Illinois State Senate Judiciary Committee of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley’s gun control agenda clearly shows how out of touch Daley is with Illinois voters, and even members of his own party, said Alan...
Mar 10, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Cash-strapped California Democrat lawmakers, eager to reduce the multi-billion dollar deficit racked up under Democrat Gov. Gray Davis are proposing to balance the budget on the backs of Golden State gun owners, the Citizens Committee for the...
Mar 3, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – After it was disclosed that the State of California has, for several years, been illegally accessing the FBI’s National Instant Check System (NICS) – in an attempt to circumvent federal law – the Citizens Committee for the Right...
Mar 1, 2003 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
The CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for March goes to Cuban-born Circuit Judge Jorge Labarga of Palm Beach County, FL. Â In late January, Labarga set aside the outrageous $1.2 million verdict against the Valor Corporation for distributing the firearm...
Mar 1, 2003 | Uncategorized
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) plans cautious implementation of the plan to allow commercial airline pilots to carry guns. Only 50 pilots will be in the initial program, according to TSA. Directed last year by Congress to develop a training program...
Feb 1, 2003 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Celebrating his tenth year in broadcasting, Seattle, WA radio talk host Kirby Wilbur is no stranger to defending the Second Amendment, a commitment that has earned him the CCRKBA Defender of the Month award. Â The 49-year-old Wilbur was born in Washington, D.C., but...
Feb 1, 2003 | Uncategorized
“There was a time when coming out strongly for gun control could help get you elected,†reports PR Week. “But these days, due either to a tide of libertarianism or the increasing strength of the gun lobby, promising to take guns away from Americans will get you...
Jan 10, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Alaska received an A+ and Michigan an A for enacting new laws during 2002 that eased restrictions on the right to bear arms, in the latest Concealed Carry Report Card issued by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. However,...
Jan 3, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Now that publisher Alfred A. Knopf has decided to halt further publication of the discredited Michael Bellesiles book Arming America: The Origins of a National Gun Culture, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today is...
Jan 3, 2003 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded a ruling by Washington, D.C. Superior Court Judge Cheryl M. Long that dismisses a lawsuit against the firearms industry, and instead suggested that if the city wants to reduce gun violence, it...
