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....
Aug 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defender ofthe Month for August.In nominating him for the award,John M. Snyder, CCRKBA PublicAffairs Director, noted that, “Sen.Moran is a stalwart supporter ofthe Second Amendment civil rightto keep and bear...
Jul 19, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – A proposal by Baltimore, Maryland mayoral candidate Otis Rolley to levy a tax of $1 per cartridge in an effort to cut down crime and random gunfire in the city is typical of an anti-gun liberal who decries urban violence but offers a way for...
Jul 13, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is encouraging gun owners and activists to contact Congress and urge their representatives to oppose appropriations amendments introduced by two California congressmen that would strip...
Jul 1, 2011 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Texas State Sen. Glenn Heger is the CCRKBA Gun Rights Defenderof the Month for July.John M. Snyder, CCRKBA PublicAffairs Director, nominated the Republicanlegislator from Katy, Texasfor the Award.Snyder said that Sen. Heger foryears has been promoting gun rightsin the...
Jun 29, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said Thursday’s planned forum on gun trafficking, called by Democrat Congressman Elijah Cummings, is a political smokescreen designed to shift blame for a botched gun sting operation from...
Jun 21, 2011 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms congratulated the Wisconsin Assembly for its 68-27 vote Tuesday that passed the state’s long-sought concealed carry measure, which Gov. Scott Walker has said he would sign. “Badger State...
