CCRKBA CONDEMNS VIOLENT TIMES SQUARE ATTACK ON GAY COUPLE
BELLEVUE, WA – The recent violent attack on a gay couple in New York’s Times Square offers more proof that publicly declaring such a place to be a “gun-free zone” is like hanging out a “Welcome” sign for dangerous bigots and criminals, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “By removing the deterrent factor, and making it impossible for people to fight back if attacked in a public place, the City of New York and lawmakers in Albany have
CCRKBA: ‘WASHINGTON LEGISLATURE PUTS POLITICS OVER CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS’
BELLEVUE, WA – Democrats in the Washington State Legislature put politics ahead of constitutional rights Saturday when they voted 27-21 to approve House Bill 1240, which bans the future sale, manufacture and importation of so-called “assault weapons,” the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “Contrary to Democrats in Olympia, who sound like they’re reading from the same script, modern semiautomatic firearms are not ‘weapons of war’,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This ban will not improve public safety, as
CCRKBA SAYS FL SHERIFF IS RIGHT: ‘GUN DIDN’T COMMIT MURDERS, PEOPLE DID’
BELLEVUE, WA – Marion County, Florida Sheriff Billy Woods was “absolutely right” Friday when he told reporters during a press conference about the arrests of two suspects in a triple slaying that the gun is not responsible, the people using it are, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. “It’s deplorable that NBC News chose to describe Sheriff Woods’ remarks as a ‘wild rant’ against gun control when he responded to a question from a reporter,” said CCRKBA Chairman
LAWSUIT SETTLEMENT OF TX CHURCH SHOOTING ANOTHER BIDEN GUN CONTROL FAILURE
BELLEVUE, WA – Wednesday’s announcement by the Biden Justice Department that it has “reached a $144 million agreement in principle” to settle civil lawsuits stemming from the 2017 mass shooting at a Texas church is one more black mark in Joe Biden’s long record of failed gun control policies, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The killer, Devin Patrick Kelley, pleaded guilty to domestic violence and was subsequently dismissed from the U.S. Air Force in 2014 with a
CCRKBA TO CONGRESS: ‘INSTEAD OF MORE RESEARCH, MAKE SCHOOLS HARD TARGETS’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today blasted Capitol Hill Democrats for once again pushing legislation to finance “gun violence prevention research” in response to the Nashville tragedy, and instead called on Congress to provide funding to make schools “hard targets.” “Anti-gun Democrats want to spend $50 million a year for the next five years to finance boondoggle research by the CDC under something called the ‘Gun Violence Prevention Research Act,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “That
CCRKBA: ‘IT’S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS, NOT A FIREARMS CRISIS’
BELLEVUE, WA – As more alarming details emerge about the transgender woman responsible for Monday’s horrific school shooting in Nashville, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the facts support only one conclusion: America has a mental health crisis, not a firearms crisis. “Firearms don’t have a brain to hate with, or a finger to pull their own trigger,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “What happened Monday in Nashville should serve as a reminder that while the gun prohibition lobby and
Act Now To Stop Washington’s Unconstitutional “Permit To Purchase Firearms” Law
View Bill Text Washington E.S.S.H.B. 1143 would unjustly force free citizens to buy a "Permit to Purchase a Firearm" before they could buy or transfer a firearm.Before being granted a permit, the applicant must prove that s/he completed a required training course.Each time a person buys a firearm, s/he must submit an application containing (among other info), the ID number of their permit to purchase, name, address, gender, race and a "
CCRKBA: ‘NO MONEY FOR ATF UNTIL DEMS, FED AGENCIES STOP ATTACKING 2A RIGHTS’
BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is today calling on Congress to block funding for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in the Fiscal Year 2024 budget until Democrats and federal bureaucrats publicly recognize Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and stop their attacks on legal gun ownership. CCRKBA issued its call to eliminate funding as the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is preparing for a hearing Thursday on “ATF’s Assault on
Help Stop the Washington “Assault Weapons” Ban
View Bill Text Washington SHB 1240 bans the sale of many commonly-owned semi-auto rifles, pistols and accessories.SHB 1240 will prevent millions of Washington residents from exercising their rights protected under the Second Amendment while doing nothing to curb crime or punish criminals.It has passed the House and is now in the Senate Law & Justice Committee. A list of some of the items banned: AR-15s, AK-47s and Other Rifles/PistolsBarrel Shrouds (or any non-wood stock part that prevents you from burning your hand)Telescoping StocksForward GripsThreaded BarrelsSuppressors (or other such hearing saving devices)Other Subjectively-Scary-Looking Guns
CCRKBA CONDEMNS DEMOCRATS’ WAR ON FREEDOM; RIGHTS UNDER ATTACK
BELLEVUE, WA – Gun owners in several states where Democrats control the legislative process are facing an onslaught of gun control and prohibition legislation and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today condemned what appears to be the party’s war on freedom in state capitols across the country. “We are witnessing a full frontal assault on Second Amendment rights, not only in Washington, D.C. with Joe Biden leading the charge,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “but in state legislatures in