BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has joined with five other organizations, including the Second Amendment Foundation, in a letter to Attorney General Pamela Bondi, urging her to abandon a proposal to merge the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). In the letter, signed by CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, the groups urge Bondi “to consider abandoning this proposal and continue to operate ATF as a standalone agency of narrow

BELLEVUE, WA – Friday’s unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel at the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturning California’s one-gun-per-month law is not just a victory for gun rights, it also serves as a proverbial shot across the bow of anti-gun groups in western states, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) declared. Both Ceasefire Oregon and the Washington-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility have one-gun-per-month provisions in their legislative agendas. In the Evergreen State, Substitute House Bill 1132 was stalled in the House Rules Committee earlier this year, but by law, remains

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is applauding Argentina President Javier Milei for his bold action to reverse a ban on the sale of semiautomatic firearms to private citizens in the country, which was imposed in 1995. Published reports say the decree, which was signed by President Milei, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and Cabinet Chief Guillermo Francos, authorizes “legitimate users of conditional civilian weapons” to “acquire and possess semi-automatic” firearms featuring detachable magazines. “Clearly,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has launched a national grassroots mobilization effort to convince the U.S. Senate it must reform the National Firearms Act (NFA) as part of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill.” “The Senate Finance Committee has adopted key provisions in the reconciliation bill that align with our demands to reform the National Firearms Act (NFA),” CCRKBA Managing Director Andrew Gottlieb said. “These include removing suppressors, short-barreled rifles (SBRs), and short-barreled shotguns (SBSs) from NFA

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms commends Englishtown. New Jersey for adopting a resolution that will provide financial relief to concealed carry holders. The action comes after CCRKBA sent a letter in support of the resolution to the mayor and borough council. Post-Bruen, New Jersey enacted a law that raised the permitting fee for a permit to carry to $200. The $200 permit is only good for two years, and the cost to carry is an example

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has sent a letter in support of the passage of a freedom-enhancing resolution in a New Jersey town. The Borough of Englishtown is considering a resolution which would refund a significant portion of applicants' permit to carry fees. New Jersey imposes a $200 fee for permits, however $150 of those fees go into the coffers of the municipality. “Aside from the severe constitutional questions New Jersey’s onerous $200 fee imposes upon

BELLEVUE, WA – Tuesday’s tragic school shooting in Graz, Austria not only refutes long standing arguments by the U.S. gun prohibition lobby that such crimes only happen in this country, but also destroys other contentions made by American anti-gunners, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. The attack, at the BORG Dreierschützengasse high school, claimed at least nine lives, and the alleged killer apparently took his own life, according to published reports. Details about the shooting, revealed by the BBC,

BELLEVUE, WA – Thursday morning’s unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to toss the Mexican government’s lawsuit against U.S. gun makers was the correct outcome of a case which was “nonsense in the first place,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “This lawsuit,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “was yet another attempt, this time by a foreign government, to financially drain American firearms manufacturers. It collided with the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which the CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has taken direct action regarding proposed training mandates in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by sending a letter to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS), opposing the requirements. CCRKBA board member John Petrolino’s letter reminds John H. Melander, Jr. at the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security in Boston that such a training requirement is unlikely to pass constitutional muster. “There are no training mandates in order to

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is highly disappointed that at this time the U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear our important case challenging the ban on so-called “assault rifles” in the state of Maryland. CCRKBA joined with the Second Amendment Foundation and others in this case, known as Snope v. Brown. “However,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “it is encouraging Justice Brett Kavaaugh has signaled it is more than likely the Court will hear one