BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is hailing a unanimous ruling by a three-judge appeals court panel in Florida which strikes down the state’s Open Carry ban as unconstitutional, reversing the conviction of gun rights activist Stanley V. McDaniels and vacating his sentence. McDaniels was arrested on July 4, 2022 for openly carrying a sidearm at a Pensacola intersection. He was convicted for violating the Open Carry ban and sentenced to probation and community service. The organization

BELLEVUE, WA – When U.S. District Judge James L. Robart sentenced Kenan Dejuan Brown to prison for illegal firearm possession, he told the repeat offender—who said he “felt safe” having a gun—that, “In my experience a gun is an invitation to get into trouble,” according to a Justice Department news release. The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said the judge’s remark, perhaps unintentionally, casts aspersions on tens of millions of law-abiding gun owners who own firearms for personal protection and

BELLEVUE, WA – One of the nation’s oldest and most active state gun rights organizations—the California Rifle & Pistol Association (CRPA), founded in 1875—is among the stalwarts of affiliate groups working with the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. CRPA, with its tens of thousands of members, is a non-profit membership and donor-supported organization, with a diverse cross-section of members who believe strongly in defending their Second Amendment rights. “We have worked with CRPA over the years on many projects,” said CCRKBA

BELLEVUE, WA – The outcome of a terror attack at bus stop in Israel, which saw an off-duty Israeli soldier and an unknown number of armed civilians fatally shoot two Palestinian gunmen underscores the importance of an armed citizenry, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms observed. The Monday attack left at least six people dead and a dozen wounded, the Times of Israel reported. The two terror suspects were from the West Bank, according to published reports. “The oldest human right

BELLEVUE, WA – Since it was founded in 1998, the Oregon Firearms Federation (OFF) has epitomized grassroots activism, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is pleased to announce the organization is our newest Beaver State affiliate. “Especially over the past few years, with all of the anti-gun-rights activity in Salem and Portland, we can say without a doubt that the Oregon Firearms Federation, and its leader Kevin Starrett have been incredibly busy, fighting the good fight,” said CCRKBA Chairman

BELLEVUE, WA – Published reports that senior Justice Department officials are “weighing proposals” to limit transgender people’s Second Amendment rights is disturbing, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in response. “Prohibiting whole groups of people from owning and using firearms because a sick individual misused a gun to harm and kill children is as reprehensible as restricting the rights of all law-abiding citizens because some people have committed crimes,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. “That anyone in the Trump

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is delighted to announce the Arizona Citizens Defense League is now officially a state affiliate organization. Founded in 2005, AzCDL literally “hit the ground running” 20 years ago, and that much was confirmed in 2006 when the organization received its first “Grassroots Organization of the Year” award from CCRKBA during that year’s Gun Rights Policy Conference. Over the next two decades, AzCDL has earned the award in 2010 and 2018, while individually, AzCDL Treasurer Fredrick

BELLEVUE, WA – The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) condemns Wednesday’s cowardly attack at the Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis in which a killer who apparently went by two names, the result of his court filing to change his gender identity, murdered two children before taking his own life. At the same time, CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said he is “disgusted, but not surprised” with the swiftness anti-gunners displayed by calling for gun control in a state which already has adopted gun laws