May 1, 1998 | General Right to Keep and Bear Arms
by Glen I. Voorhees Jr. Western Field Editor Marion Hammer’s presidency had many “firsts” which will go down in the history of the NRA. The most obvious, of course, is the fact she was the first woman to head the 2.8-million membership organization...
May 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
“There’s one enemy, and that’s the gun, period,” stated Michael Stephenson of the group Stop Firearms Violence, according to the March 27 issue of USA TODAY. The same article indicated that, following the March 24 tragedy in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in...
Apr 1, 1998 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Bruce H. Kobayashi, Associate Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, Virginia, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for April. In nominating Kobayashi for the Award, John Michael Snyder,...
Apr 1, 1998 | News Releases
The Third District Court of Appeals ruled a major portion of California’s ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban is a violation of the separation of powers doctrine and the due process of law. The three-person panel also directed a lower court to review the...
Apr 1, 1998 | News Releases
Gun control advocates have continued their irrational attacks on law-abiding gun owners after being trounced at the polls last November with the defeat of gun control initiative 676. Just like with I-676, Washington Ceasefire is again blatantly lying, this time about...
Apr 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
In Sacramento, California, a state appeals court last month struck down the heart of a state law that banned 62 models of so-called “assault rifles,” saying the ban violated the equal protection provisions of the Constitution because many of the guns were...
Mar 30, 1998 | News Releases
Maybe the two taggant reports themselves were not as contradictory as it seemed, but the spin put on them indicated some differences. Both reports were released on March 4: One prepared by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), the other by the National...
Mar 15, 1998 | News Releases
In a voluntary poll of its readers conducted for its tenth anniversary, Women & Guns magazine found its readership skewing above the median in educational and economic categories, well-versed in firearms training and safety, but nevertheless willing to break gun...
Mar 1, 1998 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Sen. John Ashcroft of Missouri is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for March. In nominating Ashcroft for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, said that the U. S. Senator “is an experienced,...
Mar 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
Assemblyman Tom Bordonaro of California stopped by our Washington, D. C. office early last month to say hello and to reassure us of his total support of the individual Second Amendment civil right to keep and bear arms. Tom has been nominated to succeed the late U. S....
