Jan 10, 1998 | News Releases
Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery and the Justice Department worked out a deal on Dec. 18 to settle a dispute over checking the criminal histories of handgun buyers, according to Katherine Rizzo of Associated Press The quarrel was resolved by enlisting the help...
Jan 10, 1998 | News Releases
If the average little .22 rimfire lead bullet weighs 40 grains, how many must be fired to equal 1,000 pounds? (Hint: a dozen of them weigh one ounce.) No, this is not a freshman algebra question. It is serious one with implications that threaten the future of many...
Jan 1, 1998 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Professor James D. Wright of Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, a noted scholar in the sociological field of firearms research, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for January. In nominating Wright, the Charles...
Jan 1, 1998 | General Right to Keep and Bear Arms
U.S. Constitution, Amendment II (also known as the Second Amendment) A well-regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. One Comma or Three? The Final (ratified) version had...
Jan 1, 1998 | Quick Shots
Five animal rights activists were arrested in front of the White House early last month, according to THE WASHINGTON POST. U. S. Park Police said they were charged with defacing government property and demonstrating without a permit. The demonstrators, organized by...
Dec 1, 1997 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Nicholas J. Johnson, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law in New York, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for December. In nominating Johnson for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public...
Dec 1, 1997 | Uncategorized
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, a CCRKBA Congressional Advisor, last month announced there will be a delay until next year of a confirmation vote on the nomination of anti-gun Dr. David Satcher to be Surgeon General of the United States and Assistant...
Nov 1, 1997 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Alan Korwin of Arizona is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for November. In nominating Korwin for the Award, John Michael Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, said that “Alan, by producing a number of books on gun...
Nov 1, 1997 | Uncategorized
Smith & Wesson and Sturm, Ruger & Co. already had indicated they voluntarily would equip their handguns with the devices. Feldman said that the locks should be accompanied by safe storage and firearms training. “Please do not be fooled into believing that...
Oct 1, 1997 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
James M. Purtilo, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland, is the designated recipient of the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month Award for October. In nominating Dr. Purtilo for the Award, John...
