May 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
In a positive, pro-gun reaction to the spate of American school shootings, a senior citizens’ group is offering a “safe schools initiative,†based on an Israeli model. The Dallas-based group, Seniors United Supporting the Second Amendment (SUSSA), will offer...
May 1, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded Florida Gov. Jeb Bush for signing legislation that prevents metropolitan mayors in the Sunshine State from filing frivolous lawsuits against the firearms industry. Gov. Bush signed the...
Apr 19, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) announced today it will ask California Attorney General William Lockyer to investigate the rent-free use of office space at San Francisco General Hospital by the Million Mom March, and the Trauma Foundation....
Apr 18, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – An April 14 shooting rampage in Elgin, IL, a Chicago suburb, is clear proof that the justice system needs an overhaul, not this nation’s gun laws, said Joe Waldron, executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear...
Apr 3, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – As New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial vowed to appeal the Louisiana Supreme Court’s dismissal of the city’s lawsuit against the firearms industry, the Second Amendment Foundation announced today it will “vigorously push forward”...
Apr 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
Brad Edmonds of Montgomery, AL is the July recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award. Edmonds “has become a prolific, analytical and articulate cyberspace proponent of the individual Sec-ond Amendment civil right of law-abiding American citizens...
Apr 1, 2001 | Uncategorized
“When I hear about the United Nations getting involved with anything to do with firearms,†states Rep. Bob Barr of Georgia, a CCRKBA Legislator of the Year Awardee, “I worry about it because I think their agenda is an anti-gun agenda… „The UN right now is...
Mar 28, 2001 | General Right to Keep and Bear Arms
The Cincinnati Enquirer Wednesday, March 28, 2001 Local Voices, Page B7 http://enquirer.com/ Posted for educational purposes only. Chuck Klein is a member of the Enquirer’s Local Voices panel, which contributes columns to the opinion pages twice a week. Does...
Mar 22, 2001 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – A call by some Congressional Democrats for tighter gun control legislation following an undercover sting operation by the General Accounting Office that found alleged “loopholes” in the national background check system brought a quick...
Mar 7, 2001 | News Releases
DES MOINES, Wash. – The Citizens Committee for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms announced today that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person, or persons, responsible for the early-morning slaying of a Des...