Jun 2, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s mass shooting in northwest England is more proof that restrictive gun laws do not prevent horrible criminal acts, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Wire service and British news agency reports say 12...
Jun 1, 2010 | Gun Rights Defender of the Month
Governor Janice K. Brewer ofArizona is the CCRKBA GunRights Defender on the Monthfor June.In nominating the Grand CanyonState chief executive for the Award,John M. Snyder, CCRKBA PublicAffairs Director, said that, “Gov. JanBrewer, since she became governorin...
May 28, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – An 80-year-old Chicago man who defended himself and his family from a neighborhood thug this week could be criminally prosecuted, if Barack Obama had prevailed in a 2004 Illinois State Legislature vote on a measure to protect citizens who use handguns...
May 24, 2010 | News Releases
BELLEVUE, WA – For the third year in a row, violent crime has declined in the United States while increasing numbers of American citizens own firearms and are licensed to carry, a trend that belies predictions of anti-gunners that more guns will result in more...
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...
