CCRKBA RIPS BIDEN’S OUTRAGEOUS CLAIM ABOUT GUN-RELATED DEATHS IN AMERICA
BELLEVUE, WA — Former Vice President Joe Biden is widely known for his gaffes, but his claim during Tuesday evening’s chaotic Democratic debate that “150 million people have been killed since 2007” was simply outrageous, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in response. “We saw Joe Biden lose his cool a couple of times on that stage,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “but when he blurted that ridiculous claim about gun-related deaths, we wondered if he had lost his
CCRKBA LAUNCHES ‘SAVE2A’ NATIONAL TV AD WARNING ABOUT H.R. 127
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is launching a multi-network television advertising effort next week to alert the nation’s gun owners about H.R. 127, a gun control measure that takes extremism to a dangerous new level. “We’re calling this the ‘SAVE2A.US’ campaign because that’s exactly what it is,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “H.R. 127, introduced by veteran anti-gun Democrat Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, is a dreadful piece of legislation mandating gun owner licensing and registration, mandatory
CINCINNATI WOMEN ATTENDING CCW CLASS RE-DEFINE ‘WOKE,’ SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – When nearly 180 women from the Cincinnati, Ohio area attended a concealed carry certification class, learning the fundamentals of personal protection with firearms, they “re-defined the term ‘woke,’” according to the chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, 179 women from one of the largest black congregations in Cincinnati jammed into the basement of the New Prospect Baptist Church, learning the fundamentals of firearms safety and handgun marksmanship. The report said
TWITTER CONFIRMS BERNIE BLEW IT ON BACKGROUND CHECKS, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – Targeting what it calls “harmfully misleading” information, Twitter has identified a tweet from presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders that shows he was all wet when he claimed 40 percent of gun sales in the U.S. didn’t include a background check, so the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling on Sanders to correct the error and apologize. “Truth always seems to be the first casualty when gun control advocates start talking,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “but
BLOOMBERG’S ‘LEVERAGED BUYOUT’ OF 2A CONTINUES; EVERYTOWN SPENDS $8M IN TEXAS
BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun billionaire Michael Bloomberg is continuing what appears to be an attempted “leveraged buyout” of the Second Amendment as Everytown for Gun Safety—the group he co-founded and bankrolled—has pledged to spend $8 million in Texas; just part of the $60 million that group has vowed to spend in order to elect anti-rights politicians this fall. That’s the observation from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. Former New York City Mayor Bloomberg, seeking to buy his way into
CCRKBA UPDATES ‘DON’T FEED THEM’ ANTI-GUN BUSINESS LIST, ADDS GUCCI
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today announced it is updating its list of businesses and CEOs who push for increased gun control and prohibition, adding Gucci to the roster. According to CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “We were reminded that Gucci donated $500,000 to the anti-gun March for Our Lives group started three years ago, and quickly was co-opted by the gun prohibition lobby.” CCRKBA’s “Don’t Feed the Gun Prohibitionists” project has developed a dynamic list of businesses
CCRKBA SUPPORTS PRESIDENT’S NEW SCHOOL SAFETY INITIATIVE
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today threw its support behind a new effort by President Donald Trump’s administration aimed at improving school safety with the launch of a dedicated website to provide information to help local school districts shape their own strategies. The SchoolSafety.gov website is described as a “one stop shop for resources, best practices, federal programs, and grants for school safety.” President Trump met with families of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
DURBIN’S ‘GUN CONTROL PRIORITY’ SHOWS DEMOCRAT DANGER TO 2ND AMENDMENT
BELLEVUE, WA – When perennially anti-gun Sen. Dick Durbin declared in a tweet to make gun control a “top priority” now that he chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, it was an unmistakable signal that Capitol Hill Democrats represent a danger to the Second Amendment, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Durbin, from Illinois, said in his Twitter message, “Today I had the chance to speak with a group of gun violence prevention advocates from across the country. I
Wa alert; hearing 2/2 open carry
Last week we asked you to send a message to the Senate Law & Justice Committee against SB 5078’s ban on standard size magazines and SB 5038’s restriction on open carry. You stood up & we were part of massive turnout in testimony and written comments on those Senate bills. Our side had more then 3,000 show up against SB5078. Unfortunately they didn’t get the message. Both bills have passed to the Senate floor where they’ll have time for debate and possibly a vote.
CCRKBA SAYS JACKSON LEE’S H.R. 127 GUN CONTROL BILL IS ‘INSANITY ON STEROIDS
BELLEVUE, WA – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee’s H.R. 127, a gun control measure requiring gun owner licensing, psychological evaluations, retroactive gun registration and separate licensing for modern sporting rifles is “insanity on steroids,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Over the years,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “we’ve seen some astonishingly bad legislation originate on Capitol Hill, but this one takes the term ‘abomination’ to an entirely new level. One look at this bill and you wonder whether