BELLEVUE, WA – Skyrocketing murder rates in several major American cities with strict gun laws offer hard evidence that gun control isn’t just a failed policy, it’s a disaster, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. More than 700 people have been murdered in Chicago so far this year. Baltimore’s total is above 335, and Philadelphia has logged more than 450 slayings. Even relatively benign Seattle has nearly doubled the number of homicides it reported for all of 2019,

BELLEVUE, WA – The arrest of an armed convicted felon by Seattle Police this week shouldn’t surprise anyone other than those who supported a pair of gun control initiatives pushed by a billionaire-backed Seattle gun control group, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “When the gun prohibition lobby spent more than $10 million to pass Initiative 594 back in 2014, we warned voters it wouldn’t prevent criminals from getting guns,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “That measure mandated

BELLEVUE, WA – A new Rasmussen poll showing an overwhelming majority of Americans who have added a gun in their home since the Black Lives Matter anti-police protests started six months ago “feel safer” comes as no surprise, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Perhaps the most important revelation in this survey,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “is that 39 percent of Democrats own guns, which means Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are alienating a huge bloc of

Our state affiliate, the Montana Shooting Sports Association (MSSA) is the primary advocate for Montana gun owners.MSSA is officially requesting specific CCRKBA assistance on an important project that MSSA has launched in relation to the upcoming General Election. We ask all of  our supporters in Montana to participate in MSSA’s green card program.  Details about this program are available at:http://progunleaders.org/LR-130/ LR-130.  This is a legislative referendum (from MSSA’s HB 357) to close loopholes in Montana’s preemption law at 45-8-351, M.C.A.  It will be on the ballot

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has added two new members to its Board of Directors following the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference, according to CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “We’re delighted to welcome Dan Zelenka and Cam Edwards to help guide the Citizens Committee through what could be some very interesting times ahead,” Gottlieb stated. Zelenka is an attorney in New Orleans, Louisiana and president of the Louisiana Shooting Association. He was a speaker during the gun rights