Oct 19, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Obama administration “is seeking advice and consent†for Senate ratification of an international small arms treaty, and also supports the inclusion of small arms in the UN Register of Conventional Arms, the Citizens Committee for the Right to...
Oct 7, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – If President Barack Obama does not appoint a special, independent prosecutor to investigate the Justice Department’s cover-up of Operation Fast and Furious, and find out what Attorney General Eric Holder knew and when he knew it, the Citizens...
Oct 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
CCRKBA for October is naming Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month. In nominating this United States Representative from the Great Lakes State, John M. Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Director, noted that, “In his public life, Congressman...
Sep 20, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for more gun control laws while advocating the closure of prisons in a Sunday speech proves he is “drinking too much of Michael Bloomberg’s Kool-Aid,†the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms...
Sep 16, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Friday warning that there could be riots in the streets if something isn’t done quickly to produce jobs and get the economy moving leaves an important question: How do people defend themselves under the city’s...
Sep 14, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today congratulated members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives for voting to expand the state’s self-defense statute by over-riding Gov. John Lynch’s veto. The 251-111 House...
Sep 6, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – At least 46 people were shot in New York City over the Labor Day weekend, prompting the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms to ask Mayor Michael Bloomberg how this could happen in a city with some of the toughest gun laws in the...
Sep 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
In an examination of the history of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), writer Kathryn M. DeLong concludes that, “Like many aspects of the federal government, ATF has a long history of corruption.” Ms. DeLong is the CCRKBA Gun Rights...
Aug 30, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s replacement of Kenneth Melson as acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a political charade by the man who really ought to tender his resignation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear...
Aug 9, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Widespread rioting, arson and looting across London clearly demonstrates the need in any civilized society for the right to personal protection and the tools to make it possible, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today....