Washington State Senate Committee on Law and Justice To Hold Hearing on Privately Manufactured Firearms ESHB 1705 has passed the House and is now in the Senate Committee on Law and Justice. The grossly vague ESHB 1705's goal is to prevent you from being able to manufacture your own firearm.Act now to stop them! Call or email every legislator on the list below and tell them to vote "NO" on ESHB 1705. Also, Cast Your Vote On Record Committee: Law and Justice | Date: 02/21/2022 @ 9:30 AM https://app.leg.wa.gov/CSI/Senate# If you prefer (and if you

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today applauded Washington State gun owners and Second Amendment activists for the record response to a controversial and radical Senate bill (ESSB 5078) that seeks to ban so-called “large capacity” ammunition magazines. As speaker after speaker testified before the House Committee on Civil Rights & Judiciary, it became clear this bill—requested by anti-gun Democrat Attorney General Bob Ferguson—will not provide any solution to violent crime involving firearms. “We were especially impressed

South Dakota Introduces Bill to Stop Financial Bullying of Firearms & Ammo Companies South Dakota's SB 182 was introduced February 1st and is scheduled for a Senate hearing on February 15th. SB 182 prevents government institutions from entering into contracts with financial institutions which show bias toward firearm and ammunition companies. Contact your senator and urge them to support SB 182. Below is a list of South Dakota Senators and their contact information. You can contact them individually or, if you prefer (and if you

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms are offering sincere thanks to several groups that submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of their challenge of the Maryland ban on semi-auto rifles. The case is known as Bianchi, et al. v. Frosh, et al. The lead law firm is Cooper & Kirk, Washington, D.C.  The brief was submitted by Professors of Second Amendment Law, the Cato Institute, John Locke

Indiana HB 1077 removes the requirement for a conceal carry license for law-abiding citizens of the great State of Indiana for the purpose of carrying a concealed pistol on their person or in a vehicle. It has passed the House and is poised to move through the Senate if all goes well. It’s currently in the Committee on Judiciary where it got its first reading on February 7th. While HB 1077 passed the House, there was some opposition to it. The House, having 29

BELLEVUE, WA – Anti-gun Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell wasted no time in attempting to create a myth early in his tenure when he told reporters Washington is “one of the few states” with a firearms preemption law, and he needs to come clean immediately, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. At his presser, Harrell—a longtime opponent of state preemption, which guarantees uniformity of firearms law from border to border—declared, “You will hear this year me lead efforts

BELLEVUE, WA – Joe Biden went off-script again during his remarks to the media in New York City when he repeated two blatant falsehoods, one about the Second Amendment and the other about a federal law that prevents junk lawsuits against gunmakers, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “When it comes to gun rights and the Second Amendment, Joe Biden is a recidivist congenital liar,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “The guy just can’t resist perpetuating a

Washington SSB 5568 dictates that cities, towns, counties and other municipalities may now enact laws restricting the open carry of firearms. In the strictest application of this bill, a government entity as described above may prevent the law-abiding, free citizen from openly carrying a firearm or other weapon at permitted demonstrations, “public meetings[s] held by a public agency”, at buildings & facilities that counties, cities or towns own or operate and even at local municipal parks inside their jurisdiction. Of course, the legislators who are so

BELLEVUE, WA – Monday’s “Shots Fired” report from the King County (WA) Prosecutor’s Office on the number of gun-related homicides and injuries last year is more proof that gun control laws and anti-rights initiatives adopted over the past few years in Washington State have been abject failures, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today in reaction. “Proponents of these laws, and especially the gun control initiatives passed in recent years, sold the public a bill of goods, and

Nebraska is on the road to finally realizing its unfettered Second Amendment right but needs your help to get there. With the introduction of LB773, the goal is within sight. LB773 not only allows for permitless carry by law-abiding citizens but prevents counties, cities and towns from enacting any restrictions against it. Currently the bill is in the Judiciary Committee and is poised to either progress to the floor or to die. Whether it moves forward or dies in committee depends largely on the