MANY FACTORS EXPLAIN ‘BLACK FRIDAY’ GUN BUYING SURGE, SAYS CCRKBA

Dec 2, 2011 | News Releases

BELLEVUE, WA – While some people are struggling to explain a gun buying surge reported on “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms suggests there are several plausible explanations, all reflecting the...

Congressman Lamar Smith

Dec 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month

Congressman Lamar Smith (RTX) is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender of the Month for December. In nominating the Lone Star State lawmaker for the award, John M. Snyder, CCRKBA Public Affairs Di­rector, extolled Rep. Smith. He said “the Congressman, throughout his years...

2011 Point Blank Issues

Dec 1, 2011 | Point Blank

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CCRKBA LAUDS HOUSE PASSAGE OF NAT’L CONCEALED CARRY MEASURE

Nov 16, 2011 | News Releases

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms lauded today’s 272-154 majority vote by the House of Representatives on passage of H.R. 822, the National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. “We’re delighted at the outcome of this...

CCRKBA BLASTS SENATE ANTI-GUNNERS FOR SHIFTING BLAME ON GUN WALKING

Nov 8, 2011 | News Releases

BELLEVUE, WA – Today’s hearing on Operation Fast and Furious before the Senate Judiciary Committee once again provided an opportunity for two leading Senate gun prohibitionists to try spreading the blame for botched gun trafficking, and change the debate to...

David Codrea

Nov 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month

David Codrea is the CCRKBA GunRights Defender of the Month forNovember.John M. Snyder, CCRKBA PublicAffairs Director, nominated Codreafor the award saying that he “hasseized upon the potentialities ofthe new media, especially massinternet communications, and sentit...

CCRKBA TO BLOOMBERG: ‘EXPLAIN THIS ONE’ AFTER NYPD COPS BUSTED FOR GUN SMUGGLING

Oct 25, 2011 | News Releases

BELLEVUE, WA – While Michael Bloomberg has been running around blaming gun laws in other states for his city’s crime problems, eight New York City police officers were allegedly involved in a gun smuggling operation “right under his nose,” the Citizens...

CRIME SPIKE IN NYC DURING PROTESTS SHOWS BLOOMBERG’S POLICIES NOT WORKING

Oct 24, 2011 | News Releases

BELLEVUE, WA – A spike in crime over the past few weeks while New York City policemen and women have been diverted to deal with the on-going Occupy Wall Street protest prove that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun policies are working against law-abiding citizens...

U.S. REP TO U.N. SAYS OBAMA WANTS SENATE TO RATIFY ARMS TREATY

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...

CCRKBA TO OBAMA: WE MAY HIRE ‘SHADOW’ INVESTIGATOR IF YOU DON’T APPOINT ONE

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...