Oct 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
“Do you have a loaded gun in your car?†The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver last month said police may ask that question, even if the officer has no reason to suspect the driver has a firearm with him. In 1999, an officer stopped a pickup truck at a...
Oct 1, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today hailed a decision by the Connecticut State Supreme Court that the City of Bridgeport does not have legal standing to pursue a lawsuit against the firearms industry. SAF founder Alan Gottlieb called the...
Oct 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
James D. Ramm of Reynolds-burg, Ohio, a retired Reynoldsburg Police Department Sergeant, is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Awardee for October. Dennis Walker, President of the Ohio Constitution Defense Council and Secretary of the Peoples Rights...
Sep 28, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – When Roll Call reported Sept. 28 that several members of Congress, including advocates of tough gun control laws, have sought firearms training to protect themselves and their families from possible terrorist attack, it brought a quick response...
Sep 24, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Hundreds of gun rights activists from across the nation gathered at Cincinnati, OH over the weekend of Sept. 21-23 for the 16th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference, sponsored jointly by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Citizens Committee...
Sep 19, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA. – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today applauded Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) for his “Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001,” noting that it directly responds to CCRKBA’s demand that commercial airline...
Sep 11, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Condemning as “despicable” the horrible attacks on New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon by terrorist hijackers who used commercial airliners as weapons, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today...
Sep 4, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Legislation that would require a handgun purchaser in Florida to first obtain a license from the Attorney General’s office was denounced by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. “Florida residents should not be...
Sep 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
A nationwide study conducted by two associate professors from Ohio State University claims that “people who own guns are more likely than others to have little confidence in the federal government.” Robert Jiobu and Timothy Curry. Both sociologists published their...
Sep 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
Undersecretary of State John R. Bolton of Washington, D. C. is the recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for September. Bolton is undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security who stood up to the United Nations for the Bush...
