May 6, 2010 | News Releases
OMAHA, NE – The Nebraska Firearms Owners Association (NFOA) today called on the city of Omaha to end its practice of registering firearms, in the wake of a case involving a private citizen who fatally shot an armed robber, and who continues to be denied the ability...
May 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
CCRKBA announces that CurtA. Levey, Executive Director of theCommittee for Justice (CFJ), is theCCRKBA Gun Rights Defender ofthe Month for May.In nominating Levey for theAward, John M. Snyder, CCRKBAPublic Affairs Director, noted that,“as issues involving the...
Apr 28, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today said a bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Jon Tester and John McCain that would repeal most gun laws in the District of Columbia “would not be necessary if District officials had...
Apr 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
CCRKBA for April is namingOtis McDonald of Chicago theCCRKBA Gun Rights Defenderof the Month.McDonald is the lead plaintiff inthe McDonald v. City of Chicago casechallenging the constitutionalityof the Windy City’s handgun ban.The United States Supreme Courtheard...
Mar 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Delegate Richard D. Smigiel, Jr.of Maryland is the CCRKBA GunRights Defender of the Month forMarch.In nominating this member ofthe Maryland House of Delegatesfor the Award, John M. Snyder,CCRKBA Public Affairs Director,stated that, “Delegate Smigiel isa forthright,...
Feb 12, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Oakland, California is proposing more anti-gun ordinances. They will vote on their new anti-gun effort this coming Tuesday, February 16. It is imperative that we mount a full-scale opposition to their effort. PLEASE ATTEND THE FEBRUARY 16 OAKLAND CITY...
Feb 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
CCRKBA for February names JohnL. Cushman of Patchogue, New Yorkthe CCRKBA Gun Rights Defenderof the Month.In nominating Cushman for theaward, John M. Snyder, CCRKBAPublic Affairs Director, said that,“John is a real trooper in the ongoingbattle to preserve the...
Jan 22, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Evergreen State gun owners are urged to contact their state senator, and if possible, plan to attend a hearing on Senate Bill 6396, the proposed ban on so-called “assault weapons†sponsored by Senators Adam Kline and Jeanne Kohl-Welles. The public...
Jan 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
CCRKBA is naming Jake Mc-Guigan, Director of GovernmentRelations for the National ShootingSports Foundation, Inc. (NSSF),as its Gun Rights Defender of theMonth for January.“Last fall, while participatingin a panel on federal affairs withJake during the Gun Rights...
Dec 28, 2009 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – The American Civil Liberties Union of Washington has vowed to monitor legislative reaction to three different police shootings in Washington State to make sure the proposals do not ultimately violate people’s rights if they become law. The Citizens...
