BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is appalled that New York City gun laws, and prosecutors in the Queens District Attorney’s Office, have put a 67-year-old citizen behind bars for defending himself against a recidivist criminal with an unlicensed handgun. According to the New York Post, Charles Foehner was not prosecuted for fatally shooting would-be thief Cody Gonzalez two years ago. Instead, prosecutors slapped Foehner with multiple gun law violations, Foehner’s attorney “ripped the city’s ‘draconian’ gun

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is welcoming the nomination of Robert Cekada to head the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, where he currently serves as deputy director. “We recall when Mr. Cekada was named Deputy Director back in April that he received high praise from many in the firearms community,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “He brings considerable experience, along with what we believe are truly pro-Second Amendment views, which would be a

BELLEVUE, WA – Recent stories at Reuters and MSNBC reveal Democrats are lamenting the loss of male voters, especially younger ones, in recent election cycles, and they are considering different strategies to bring them back. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has a suggestion for these Democrats. Stop pushing legislation aimed at eroding their Second Amendment rights. “A large percentage of male voters are gun owners,” noted CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “and they are tired of being penalized for crimes they

BELLEVUE, WA – The embarrassing arrest of an aide to anti-gun Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey shows that while she has been penalizing law-abiding gun owners, drug and gun crime was apparently happening right under her nose, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said. “While Maura Healey, first as Massachusetts attorney general and for the past few years as the governor, has a track record of penalizing Bay State gun owners,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “she’s evidently been so focused

BELLEVUE, WA – As far-left Socialist Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to be the next New York City mayor rolls like a juggernaut toward next Tuesday’s election, a violent rap video showing a younger Mamdani waving a pistol around has surfaced to haunt him. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the wannabe Big Apple mayor, who called for a ban on all gun ownership in 2022, deserves the exposure. The video was, according to the Washington Free Beacon and Rolling

BELLEVUE, WA – The U.S. edition of the Daily Mail, a British tabloid and online publication, has finally done what the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms has expected. The publication has dubbed the scoped hunting rifle used in the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk a “high-powered sniper rifle.” “I’ve got to give the Daily Mail’s U.S. political reporter, Phillip Nieto, a little credit for revealing the depths of his anti-gun phobia,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “They weren’t even

BELLEVUE, WA – A stunning report alleging that many of the American-made guns showing up at Mexican crime scenes were originally purchased by the Mexican government should trigger an official investigation, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is demanding. “Contrary to what America has been told for years—that Mexican crime guns are obtained illicitly from U.S. gun dealers thanks to lax gun laws here—it now appears the Mexican government may be a major source of those firearms,” said CCRKBA Chairman

BELLEVUE, WA – A remarkably candid article in The Trace, billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s anti-gun news publication, declares “gun violence” is trending downward, a scenario which tells the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms that no further gun control laws are necessary. “Look at the information provided in this article, and it leads to only one conclusion,” stated CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “The Trace says violence involving firearms is ‘trending downward for more than three quarters of cities with the most shootings.’ This comes at a

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted to welcome the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus as our newest affiliate in the North Star State, and just in time to celebrate the full transition of the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center, which is scheduled to be fully effective by Nov. 1. Rob Doar, co-founder of the Caucus, will be president of the new law center, according to an announcement from the group. “With gun rights being under direct attack