BELLEVUE, WA – The Trump administration has filed a federal lawsuit against the District of Columbia, challenging the city’s continuing effort, despite Supreme Court rulings, to restrict and infringe upon the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering the action. “We are proud to see the Trump administration stand up for the constitutional and civil rights of Americans who want to exercise their Second Amendment rights,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “This

BELLEVUE, WA – Liberal Congressional hopeful Jack Schlossberg—grandson to President John F. Kennedy—wants to make political hay by demanding that states with so-called “weak gun laws” should be penalized because guns from those states end up used in crimes in New York, but the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says he has it backwards. Schlossberg is campaigning to succeed Democrat Jerrold Nadler, longtime representative from New York’s 12th District, who is retiring and will not run in 2026. Schlossberg made

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is cheering the 2-1 ruling by a panel of the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which overturned the gun law conviction of a Mississippi man who had earlier been placed on five years’ probation for failing to pay child support. The case is known as U.S. v. Cockerham. Edward Cockerham had pled guilty for failing to pay child support, in violation of Mississippi law, which could have resulted in a

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has submitted an amicus brief to the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in support of a Pennsylvania man’s challenge of a federal law which imposed a lifetime loss of Second Amendment rights over a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. The case is known as Williams v. Attorney General of the United States. Joining CCRKBA in this amicus are the Second Amendment Foundation, California Rifle & Pistol Association, and

BELLEVUE, WA – Following a weekend of tragedies both here and abroad which included a terrorist attack in Australia, a deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island and the reported stabbing deaths of Hollywood icon Rob Reiner and his wife, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said guns aren’t the problem and restrictions aren’t the solution. “If anything,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “this trio of tragedies underscores the fact that it is the evil in some people, not

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, encouraging the court to grant certiorari in a case challenging Maryland’s concealed carry law, which does not recognize permits issued by other states. The case is known as Gardner v. Maryland. CCRKBA is joined by the Second Amendment Foundation, National Rifle Association, California Rifle & Pistol Association, Second Amendment Law Center, and the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. They are represented by

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing this week’s announcement by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon that the Justice Department is adding a “Second Amendment Section” to its Civil Rights Division. “For its first move,” CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb suggested, “we think this new office should focus on states which require a permit to purchase any firearm. Nowhere in this country should a citizen be forced to get permission from a government entity in order to

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, in conjunction with the New Jersey Firearms Owners Syndicate and National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action, is celebrating the 12th New Jersey municipality to pass a permit-to-carry fee rebate resolution. A grassroots movement which began over the summer is spreading across the Garden State. On Nov. 25, Howell, N.J. joined 11 other towns in refunding their citizens’ permit-to-carry fees. Post-Bruen, New Jersey lawmakers imposed additional and onerous fees to their permit-to-carry

BELLEVUE, WA – News outlets in Seattle, Washington have been reporting a decline in gun-related violence this year in surrounding King County, but the announcement overlooks a significant fact which unintentionally derails one of the greatest gun control myths of all time, that more guns equal more violent crime. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, whose national headquarters is in King County, notes this crime decline has happened while the number of active concealed pistol licenses (CPL) in the county

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and Second Amendment Foundation have filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a challenged to the restrictive concealed carry law in Hawaii which essentially makes it impossible for law-abiding, licensed citizens of that state to exercise their right to bear arms outside of their own homes. The case is known as Wolford v. Lopez. Joining CCRKBA and SAF is the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus. They are represented by