Jul 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
W. Riley, the latest (as of this writing) Clinton-Gore Administration flunky to criticize publicly Americans’ gun rights, said early last month that pro-gun rights spokesmen “need to stop defining themselves as ‘victims of media manipulation’ and help keep...
Jun 17, 1998 | News Releases
On Wednesday, June 17th, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the U. S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published the proposed “Driver’s License/SSN/National Identification Document” guidelines which will compel all states to...
Jun 17, 1998 | News Releases
Senators Ron Wyden (D) and Gordon Smith (R) of Oregon have introduced a bill encouraging states to pass legislation mandating detention for any student found to be in possession of a firearm on school premises in violation of federal or state law. S. 2169 would...
Jun 1, 1998 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
John R. Lott, Jr. of Chicago, Illinois is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for June. In nominating Lott for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, stated that Lott “has rendered outstanding...
Jun 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
When WABC Radio in New York City early last month interviewed John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, about the hullabaloo following the showing of the anti-gun movie, “The Long Island Incident,” on NBC television May 3, Snyder said he thought...
May 10, 1998 | News Releases
The rabid gun control group, Ceasefire Oregon, has announced it’s 5th annual voluntary gun turn-in event, to be held on two successive Saturdays in early May. Gun owners may trade their “unwanted firearms” for $50 gift certificates from several local...
May 1, 1998 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for May. In Washington, D. C., John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, said he decided to nominate Huckabee for the CCRKBA Award when he...
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,...