Oct 23, 2000 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, Wash. — In the aftermath of Friday’s tragic courthouse shooting in Yreka, Calif., the leader of a top firearms civil rights organization said this case is yet another example of why restrictive gun laws do not work. Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the...
Oct 1, 2000 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Jaime David Sneider, the Editorial Page Editor of the Columbia University Daily Spectator in New York City, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for October. In nominating Sneider for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA...
Oct 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
Handgun Control, Inc. thinks its work can make gun control “one of the top three or four issues†on which people base their vote in the November 7 elections, HCI’s communications director, Naomi Paiss, stated recently in an article appearing in PR Week. She...
Oct 1, 2000 | Citizens Action Project
This is it. This is the last Point Blank you will receive before the November election. And this is your last chance to influence the outcome of that election. How can I do that? How can I act to protect my right to keep and bear arms? What can I do to preserve that...
Sep 11, 2000 | News Releases
National gun rights leaders will join with hundreds of local activists for the 2000 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) on September 29th, 30th and October 1st at the Crystal City Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia in order to protect the rights of law-abiding...
Sep 1, 2000 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Linda Chavez, Founder and President of the Center for Equal Opportunity, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for September. In nominating Ms. Chavez for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, noted...
Sep 1, 2000 | Quick Shots
“Accidental deaths caused by doctors and hospitals in America reached 120,000 per year,†stated Rep. James A. Traficant, Jr. of Ohio in a July 26 speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. “Meanwhile,†he continued, “gun deaths have dropped 35...
Sep 1, 2000 | Citizens Action Project
A major challenge experienced by gun rights advocates is getting our side of the issue before the public. Several reputable studies have demonstrated the mainstream media are, in effect, a willing ally of the anti-self-defense lobby. Negative reporting on firearms and...
Aug 17, 2000 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, Wash. – An Ohio Appeals Court’s unanimous rejection of Cincinnati’s lawsuit against the firearms industry was lauded Monday by the head of a gun rights organization that is currently suing the U.S. Conference of Mayors over this and similar...
Aug 15, 2000 | News Releases
Charles Schumer has inspired a new safety cause by recklessly careening his bike into a lobbyist’s car. The new “Safe Biking” Coalition, lead by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), will attempt to stem the flood of...
